Governance

 Aim:

  • provide strategic policy support and guidance to the Board of Management and Ministers
  • collaborate between jurisdictions, thereby avoiding duplication of work and functions
  • improve performance management and accountability
  • enhance the ability to capitalise on learning and innovation
  • increase flexibility of service delivery
  • maximise the effective use of resources
  • streamline governance and structural arrangements.
  

 

Role:

  • focus strategic support for the Board of Management and Ministers with reduced bureaucracy, streamlined management processes and a consolidated governance structure
  • achieve cross jurisdiction collaboration on all matters relating to the improvement of, and advancement within, policing in Australia and New Zealand
  • enhance accountability and responsiveness to the community and other key stakeholders
  • enable greater flexibility to address priorities in the immediate and future needs of policing in Australia and New Zealand
  • enable the Police Commissioners’ Conference to focus on the long term future of policing, and assist Commissioners to consider themes of critical significance to policing in Australia and New Zealand
  • ensure a level of consistency, coordination and alignment across policing in Australia and New Zealand
  • develop strong, effective and mutual relationships with other government agencies, cross jurisdictional organisations and tertiary institutions
  • provide means to more effectively exploit commercial and other grant opportunities.