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Civil Service

Ministry of Treasury and Revenue Building The civil service is the broad term given to the various departments and agencies that administer the government of New England. The current civil service consists of sixteen portfolios, each with a number of departments underneath reporting to the permanent secretary and the minister, who is selected from the government members of parliament and sits on the Cabinet. Collectively, the organisation of departments and agencies is known as the "civil service" and is regulated by a number of separate acts.

New England has followed the practice of maintaining a permanent and neutral civil service. Members of the service are not dependent on elected politicians for appointment, which was established in opposition to the highly political public service that was inherited from Australia at independence. Today, the civil service employs xx,xxx staff across the country, with the majority of personnel based in and around Armidale.

Organisation

The principal organisation of the civil service revolves around the sixteen cabinet portfolios. These portfolios, or ministries, are headed by Ministers of State and are appointed by the King on the advice the First Minister. Within these portfolios are grouped together a number of departments and executive agencies who report to the appropriate minister.

There are also a number of independent bodies run by the government and are known as crown statutory agencies. These bodies are run at arms length of the minister, and generally act to provide services or regulation on behalf of the government. Likewise, government owned businesses that compete against private enterprise are known as crown corporations.

Ministries

There are currently sixteen executive ministries, each is led by Minister of State. In addition to their function as Cabinet portfolios, the ministries provide much of the corporate support to the various departments and executive agencies under their ambit. This includes matters relating to facilities management, finance, information technology, personnel support and records management. The ministries are arranged by the following order of seniority:

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Obsolete Ministries

There have been two additional ministries, which have since been abolished, and were as follows:

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Pay Grades

Pay Grades
Grade Pay Scale
CS1 C50,000 - C54,000
CS2 C55,000 - C59,000
CS3 C60,000 - C64,000
CS4 C65,000 - C69,000
CS5 C70,000 - C74,000
CS6 C75,000 - C79,000
ES1 C80,000 - C84,000
ES2 C85,000 - C89,000

The staff of the civil service are graded according to their seniority within the organisation. The pay grade that the servant occupies is determined by the difficulty and responsibilty of the position they are employed to carry out. Each grade is also numbered and subdivided into five steps, which assuming the servant has met the performance guidelines, are automatically increased every year.

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Departmental Identification

The Civil Service Guidelines set a minimum standard that all departments and ministries have to follow with their corporate image and identification. The Guidelines specify that:

Some good examples include:

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