W.A. - Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC).

We dont come up with the names, we do as they are told by Cabinet via the Department of Premier and Cabinet under the guise of "machinery of government" changes. If any more of these wallopers utter the words "synergies" or "moving forward" or "strategic alignment" i'm going to go troppo.

...yes I suppose the name maybe somewhat confusing and to some suggests some divine power. One of their tasks is however to regulate how others do or don't degrade the environment....so that makes the name at least partly applicable though "DER" isn't the best acronym :)

Cheers
Greg

But 'DOER' on the other hand......

woops - left out the "o"..yes that works a bit better :)

...and what about this one Whole of Government (WoG)

Pop,

Multiply that figure by eight because each state and territory has done the same thing. No make it 9 to include the Feds. NSW has been through the CALM and DEC phases too. Madness.

Cheers,

Val.

I should say that they actually called it DPaW. I just thought PAWs for wildlife had some slight significance LOL.

Had a mate some 20 odd years ago worked for DaFT (Dairy and Farming Technology) a division of the Ag. Dept.
From tales he told it was a very appropriately named section.
AlanH.

More jobs for boys and millions $$$$ down the drain - outcome .....Zilch

John

Labour gov some maybe 10 years ago invented the Office of Shared Services lauded as a great new innovative way of doing what many colleges, schools, TAFEs etc were doing quite well without their interference.
It would cover all IT, HR and Finance from one central point. All existing staff would be drafted in to this central point.
They first discovered IT wasn't quite that easy so that went back to the schools, colleges, TAFEs etc.
Then Finance was found to be quite difficult and the software wasn't quite ready for it.
Mean while they employed many existing public sector employees at much higher levels than had been previously employed at great cost for no gain at all. Plus lots and lots of what seemed to be mostly Asian migrants.
Years after and with hundreds and hundreds of millions wasted and trying to make it work, the Libs are winding it down but you can bet that many of these employees who rose well over their level of incompetence, will still keep their jobs.
Such is life in the lucky country with 9 governments, love it or leave it.:-(
AlanH.

Aah yes...Office of Sh*tty Services...don't get me started.