ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 Excellence in the Public Sector PREMIER CORPORATE MEMBERS 2017/18 Table of Contents PAGE Awards About Us 1 W.S. Lonnie Awards 23 President’s Report 2 Achievement Awards 25 Executive Summary and Chief Executive 3 Scholarship and Sponsored Awards Officer’s Report Education Awards 27 2017/18 Highlights 5 Expand Your Horizons Scholarship 27 Operational Structure Training Strategic Plan 6 Public Service Training 28 Council 7 In-Agency Program 29 IPAA WA Staff 8 2017/18 Public Service Training Courses 30 Organisational Chart 9 Financial Report Key Performance Indicators Treasurer’s Financial Report 31 Performance Objectives 10 Statement by Members of Council 32 Membership Independent Auditor’s Report 33 Summary 11 Income and Expenditure Statement 34 Member Profile 12 Balance Sheet 35 Individual Membership 13 Notes to the Financial Statements 36 Young Professional Advisory Committee 14 Life Members & Fellows 16 Corporate Members 17 Member Benefits 18 Events Thought Leadership 19 2017/18 Program 21 Awards, Fellows, Member Mentoring and YPAC 22 Event Administration 22 Special Interest Groups 22 Institute of Public Administration Australia WA ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 About Us Vision Patron Driven by our vision of ‘Excellence in the Public Her Excellency the Honourable Kerry Sector’, we offer six core services to our members and Sanderson AC FIPAAWA The Institute of Public the broader community. Governor of Western Australia (until April 2018) Administration Australia (IPAA) Services WA was established in 1945 • Membership • Awards and is the only professional • Professional Development The Honourable Kim Beazley AC • Resources Governor of Western Australia association for the public • Events (from June 2018) sector in WA. The Institute • Event Administration enables those with an interest Values Our pursuit of excellence is underpinned by our core in public administration values. Vice Patrons and public sector reform to 1. Innovation: Generating and applying new ideas Hon. Mark McGowan MLA and better practice for the public sector. Premier of Western Australia exchange ideas on trends, 2. Learning: Sharing and applying new knowledge to improve performance. practices and innovations. 3. Service: Serving members and adding value to Hon. Dr Mike Nahan MLA public sector institutions. Leader of the Opposition 1 Institute of Public Administration Australia WA ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 President’s Report It has been an honour and a thanks to Sven and best wishes in his new The work of IPAA WA is led by our Council. I privilege to take up the role role. would like to pay tribute to the talented and as President of IPAA WA this diverse bunch of committed people who make year, celebrating and promoting It has been a challenging period for the up our Council. I continue to be impressed by excellence in the public sector. public sector in Western Australia, with the willingness of our personal members to I have continued in the role significant reforms across State, Local and contribute their expertise and experience to after stepping down from the Commonwealth Governments. The State the development and success of the Institute. position of Auditor General for Government has announced its major reform Their active participation and enthusiastic Western Australia in May this of the public sector, with the aim of improving generation of ideas is key to the success of year. As Auditor General, our outcomes for Western Australians. The reform IPAA in WA. I thank those Councillors who work was in the public interest, aims to strengthen efficiency, accountability conclude their term this year and welcome but it often involved highlighting and drive high-performance in the public those who have come to join us during exceptions and opportunities for improvement sector to deliver better services to the the year or will do so after the next Annual rather than celebrating success. In this regard community. General Meeting. I have particularly enjoyed the opportunity to recognise and showcase innovation and Reforms, restructures and serious Finally, I need to thank all the staff at the outstanding achievements within our fantastic budgetary constraints present challenges Institute under the leadership of our CEO public sector. for governments, but also for the Institute, Gavin Lewis. As President, I have had the particularly in the areas of events and opportunity to see first-hand just how much I was appointed as President following the professional development. These challenges this small but committed team can achieve in departure of Sven Bluemmel, our previous also present opportunities, and the Institute is the interests of members and the sector. President, to take up the role as Victoria’s well placed to take advantage of these. IPAA It is a pleasure to acknowledge the ongoing Information Commissioner. Our loss in WA WA is not only involved in helping the sector contribution of our members, Council and staff has been Victoria’s gain, as Sven made a to prepare for and cope with change, but in helping to build the success of IPAA in WA great contribution to public administration in members are participating in and contributing in the pursuit of excellence in the public sector WA as Information Commissioner as well as to the change process. This is a wonderful for the benefit of our community. President of IPAA WA. One of Sven’s aims opportunity for the institute in pursuit of its as President was to increase the number of strategic objectives to inform and influence personal IPAA memberships in WA. He was public policy development and execution – Colin Murphy PSM FIPAA able to see gains from his efforts in this area, and to enable and facilitate a connected and President but importantly, Council has continued to build collaborative public sector. on Sven’s initiative, with positive results. My Institute of Public Administration Australia WA ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 2 Executive Summary and Chief Executive Officer’s Report INTRODUCTION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY mergers, resulting in less agencies and therefore less It is my pleasure to submit the The 2015 – 2018 Strategic Plan identifies the corporate members. annual report for the 2017 – 2018 following objectives for IPAA WA (for the full Strategic financial year for the Institute of Public Plan – please refer to page 6 of this report); During the up-coming year, the focus on increasing Administration Australia – Western • Develop and Inspire individual membership will remain, and we are Australian Division (IPAA WA) to our • Inform and Influence constantly reviewing strategies to increase the members and stakeholders. • Connect and Collaborate number of individual members, maintain corporate • Strengthen and Grow members and improve the already high value of IPAA WA membership. The financial year ending June 2018, was another busy year for IPAA The core services of IPAA WA are summarised as; TRAINING • WA. With major reform occurring at Membership IPAA WA has two main training offerings, public • Training (Public and In-Agency) all levels of government it was a busy time for the training courses and in-agency training courses. The • Events - Thought Leadership (including the WS public sector, resulting in the Institute needing to public training program performed below budget. We Lonnie Awards and Achievement Awards) be proactive and adapting our services to meet the believe the main reason for this is that the machinery • Resources / Information needs of our members during these times. The IPAA of government changes resulted in a very busy period WA team have worked very hard in creating new, for the sector, and naturally created some uncertainty, The Annual Report discusses the Key Performance and revising existing programs to assist the sector in resulting in professional development being prioritised Indicators (KPIs) for these services in greater detail, lower than normal. The public training program managing the reform process for the individual and however, please read below for a summary. finished the year strongly once the machinery the organisation. MEMBERSHIP of government changes had taken effect, with IPAA WA has two general forms of membership – people now looking at continuing their professional It is a very busy time for the sector, however, we corporate and individual membership. I am pleased development. believe these are very exciting times in public to report that individual membership has grown in administration. We have worked hard to be part the year. Considering IPAA WA has a major goal of The in-agency training program performed better than of the reform process by providing assistance to increasing individual membership, the better than budgeted. Interestingly, we believe the major reason the public sector through our contributions to the expected membership numbers were very pleasing. for this can also be attributed to the machinery of discussion, and now by implementing elements of the government changes. With these changes, agencies reform process and recommendations. Corporate membership numbers decreased for and divisions within agencies, were looking at the year, which can be directly attributed to the increasing their capabilities to meet the outcomes of State government department amalgamations and the reform processes. (continuted...) 3 Institute of Public Administration Australia WA ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 Executive Summary and Chief Executive Officer’s Report It is critical that as other sectors (e.g. mining, success of the resources / information service that academic sectors. IPAA WA was formed by the commercial etc.) continue to offer strong professional IPAA WA provides our members as there is not an public sector to service public administrators and the development for their employees, that the public attributed dollar value. I can report that non-financial community, and we rely on the continued support of sector increases the value it places on the importance key measures were met and exceeded in this area, our members. of professional development. including membership feedback ratings. The Institute EVENTS does not only want to be a provider of training and Thank you to the IPAA WA President, Mr Colin IPAA WA’s Event’s portfolio had an excellent year.