Community and social services in NSW are often provided by third party organisations.
The Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Development are beginning a new inquiry to investigate the oversight, management and accountability of service provision in regional NSW.
The Committee will look into issues such as:
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- current performance measurements, accountability mechanisms, monitoring metrics, and reporting frameworks for services in regional NSW outsourced to third-party providers
- differences in government service delivery standards between metropolitan and regional areas
- options to improve monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the delivery of government funded services in regional NSW, with reference to the social justice and community sector
- the need to reform and develop legislative frameworks to improve government service delivery standards in regional NSW
The Committee is inviting submissions from service providers, businesses, community organisations, government agencies and the public.
More information, including the inquiry’s terms of reference, and how to make a submission, is available at https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/listofcommittees/Pages/committee-details.aspx?pk=172
