DEPARTMENT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET (DPC)
Dumas House, 2 Havelock St, West Perth 6005 wa.gov.au/organisation/ department-of-the premier-and-cabinet ODHR@dpc.wa.gov.au
What is the focus of the DPC?
those required during the COVID-19 counterparts in each state, territory, The DPC’s leads the public sector pandemic and subsequent recovery and the Australian Government to share information and develop in providing whole-of-Government implementation. advice and support to the Premier The balance of staff engage in advice for the Premier’s attendance and Cabinet in their service administrative work in areas such at National Cabinet meetings. of the WA community. It also as finance, human resources, The rapidly changing priorities plays a central role in Executive recordkeeping and information of 2020 created a unique Government functions. technology to provide practical environment that saw the DPC fastsupport to Departmental staff, the track remote working methods, Our strategic priorities include: Premier, Ministers and all Members online meetings, and fostered new • Working with the Australian of Parliament together with all levels of collaboration across the Government the staff in their Ministerial and public sector. The DPC continues to deliver a central coordination • Influencing economic and social Parliamentary Electorate Offices. role to oversee and report on development • Delivering key infrastructure and What interesting work has the implementation of the WA Recovery Plan. DPC recently engaged in? major projects • Supporting Aboriginal economic In March 2020, when a State Other interesting areas of work: and social development • Driving digital transformation What kind of work do employees at the DPC do? A large proportion of the DPC’s employees are engaged in research supporting development of policy advice to government. The advice includes preparation of briefing notes, Cabinet submissions and formal responses to various enquiries, both state and national. Many employees undertake project work to implement both our strategic priorities and additional tasks assigned by government on an adhoc basis. A large part of the DPC’s role concerns central coordination across the whole of the Western Australian public sector and state-wide communication campaigns, such as
of Emergency was declared • Leading a whole-of-government in response to the COVID-19 approach to Aboriginal policy pandemic, the DPC established and native title outcomes. the Pandemic Coordination Unit. The DPC has progressed the This drew on resources from across implementation of significant the agency and the public sector native title settlements, including to support whole-of-government the Yamatji Nation Indigenous planning, coordination and Land Use Agreement and the communication. An Information South West Settlement Land Use Coordination Centre, operating Agreement. Working directly from Dumas House, reported with traditional owners, these directly to the State Emergency agreements aim to build a Coordinator. Communications sustainable economic foundation kept the public up to date with with a focus on Aboriginal developments, and also kept them empowerment and recognition. informed as the WA Roadmap for • The DPC’s Office of Digital COVID-19 was rolled out. COVID Government has implemented Safety Plan tools and guidelines improved cyber security were developed in collaboration capability across the public with other public sector agencies to sector, and is delivering a help businesses and communities digital data hub pilot to drive adopt COVID-safe practices. improved data analytics and The inter-governmental relations insights capability across the WA team worked closely with their government.
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