Regional Development Commissions
The objectives of the
Regional Development Commissions (RDCs) are to:
maximise job creation and
improve career opportunities in the region;
develop and broaden the
economic base of the region;
identify infrastructure
services needed to promote economic and social development within the
region;
provide information and
advice to promote business development within the region;
seek to ensure that the
general standard of government services and access to those services in the
region is comparable to that which applies in the metropolitan area;
and
generally take steps to
encourage, promote, facilitate and monitor the economic development in the
region.
There are nine (9) Regional
Development Commissions with 21 offices in Western Australia:
Review of Regional Development Commission functions
and responsibilities
The Economic and
Expenditure Reform Committee (EERC) made a request to the Minister for Regional Development in March 2010, to conduct a review of the
functions and responsibilities of Regional Development Commissions (RDCs) and to
report back to the EERC before the 2010-11 mid-year review.
More information is
available in the terms of reference below, including:
Background
information
Scope of review
Members
Reporting
requirements
Terms of
reference
The review of the functions
and responsibilities of the Regional Development Commissions has been completed
and was noted by Cabinet on 13 December 2010. View media statement.
Comment on implementation of the review
recommendations
Public comment on the
implementation of the review recommendations is now closed. The report and
related documents are available below:
Full Report: Structure regional development for the future: A
review of functions and responsibilities of Regional Development Commissions,
November 2010 Report Attachments:
The factual correctness of some parts of
the PricewaterhouseCoopers report contained in the Attachment Report has been
questioned by Regional Development Commissions (RDC) and the Review Committee
wishes to acknowledge those concerns. The report was noted by the Committee as
part of its proceedings. The concerns raised would, in any event, not have led
to any different conclusions than were reached, which was independent of the
report.
Of particular note was the data
contained in the table contained on page 40 of the report, whose source was the
KPMG Governance Review and Fraud Risk Assessment of the nine RDCs. The data
contained in the table relating to the Peel and Pilbara Development Commissions
was incorrect.
Summary Report: Structure regional development for the future: A
review of functions and responsibilities of Regional Development Commissions,
November 2010 Briefing on the review of Regional Development
Commissions, November 2010
Review
contact
Martin Clifford
Manager,
Research and Reform
Policy
and Planning
+61 8 6552 2038
Free call:
1800 620 511 (country only).
