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TPG24-28 First Nations Investment Framework

The First Nations Investment Framework is a guide to good practice in working with First Nations people and communities on the design, appraisal and evaluation of initiatives.

Evaluation of the NSW COVID-19 Voucher Programs

This report evaluates the NSW Government’s COVID-19 Stimulus Vouchers (the ‘voucher programs’).

The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented public health crisis which affected all aspects of society and the economy. The federal and state/territory governments reacted quickly with a raft of interventions. The NSW Government’s voucher programs were a novel solution, implemented at scale and pace alongside other response programs. 

The purpose of the evaluation is to:

• assess whether the voucher programs were warranted
• examine the process of implementing the programs
• assess the extent to which the programs achieved their intended outcomes
• understand any unintended consequences
• capture any insights and lessons learned.

Operational expenditure review: Insurance and Care NSW (icare)

In November 2023, the Minister for Work Health and Safety (the minister) instructed NSW Treasury to conduct an operational expenditure review of icare.

NSW Treasury has conducted a high-level review of the efficiency, effectiveness and appropriateness of icare’s operational expenditure. The review focuses on icare’s net cost of services (NCOS) – those controllable business costs incurred by icare to deliver its different insurance and care schemes on behalf of the community and government. icare’s underlying commercial model and overall net expenses (including claims handling expenses incurred by its insurance and care schemes) were beyond the scope of this review.

TRP 24-25 Examining the macroeconomic costs of occupational entry regulations

This paper quantifies the stringency of occupational entry regulations (OER) across a sample of occupations in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. It then assesses the impact of OER stringency on measures of economic dynamism to help understand their economic costs.

TPG24-27 Performance Reporting and Monitoring Policy for Government Businesses

This Policy identifies government businesses as a type of entity that require a separate and distinct reporting and accountability approach from that which applies to other NSW Government entities.

TPG24-24 Recurrent Expenditure Assurance Framework

The Recurrent Expenditure Assurance Framework (REAF) outlines the procedures for the application of the NSW Gateway Policy to major recurrent expenditure investments. This Framework sets out the requirements that must be followed by the Delivery Agency, the Major Recurrent Advisory Group (MRAG), the Expert Review Team, and NSW Treasury (as the Gateway Coordination Agency for this Framework).

TPG23-27 Gender Impact Assessment Policy

The Gender Impact Assessment Policy provides guidance to general government sector (GGS) agencies on when and how to produce gender impact assessments for new policy proposals (NPPs).

The Gender Impact Assessment Policy comes into effect on 1 October 2024.

TD24-12 Charter of Independence for NSW integrity agencies

The object of this Direction is to safeguard the independence of the integrity agencies when
engaging with The Cabinet Office, Premier’s Department and Treasury concerning their financial
arrangements and management practices.

TPG24-23 Accounting for Long Service Leave and Annual Leave

TD24-22 Financial and Annual Reporting by former reporting GSF agencies

This Direction:

• Exempts certain former reporting GSF agencies from the requirement to prepare final annual GSF financial statements under section 7.7 of the GSF Act and final annual reporting information under section 7.14 of the GSF Act.

• Authorises the Secretary of The Treasury, or their nominee, to grant an exemption from or a modification to the requirements to prepare final annual GSF financial statements or final annual reporting information in certain cases.