The new NSW Premier is cleaning house. 

NSW Premier Chris Minns has launched the first major bureaucratic shake-up of his administration, resulting in the demotion of the head of the public service and the firing of three leading departmental heads. 

The current Department of Premier and Cabinet will be officially closed from July 1, to be replaced by a new separate Premier’s Department and the Cabinet Office. 

Both agencies will report directly to the premier, with the Premier’s Department retaining control of the public service. 

“The Cabinet Office will be made up of experts in legal, policy and governance, and support my ministers and I to meet community expectations and deliver for the people of NSW,” Minns said. 

Peter Duncan has been appointed the acting secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet to oversee the creation of the new agencies. 

In addition, Howard Collins OBE has been named acting Secretary of Transport, and Murat Dizdar PSM will serve as the acting Secretary of Education.

More details are accessible here.