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This list of Australian government entities is of Australian Ministers, government departments, bureaus and commissions, authorities, corporations and other entities, which are grouped into a number of areas of portfolio responsibility. Each portfolio is led by one or more government ministers who are members of the Parliament of Australia, appointed by the Governor-General of Australia on the advice of the Prime Minister.[1]

As of July 2020, the agencies are principally grouped into 14 principal departments,[2][3] each led by a secretary, director-general, or similarly-titled executive officer and comprising a number of portfolios covering specific policy areas across the department and allocated statutory authorities, trading enterprises, boards, councils and other public bodies. Agencies have varying levels of operational autonomy, and deliver one or more of frontline public services, administrative functions and law enforcement. Some are structured as for-profit corporations. Where there are multiple portfolios within a department, the Secretary may be accountable to a number of ministers.

As of May 2022, the current Government is led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the leader of the Australian Labor Party.

The Australian Government is organised into a group of portfolios overseen by one or more ministers. Each portfolio consists of at least one Department of State, headed by a Secretary, and a series of executive agencies, statutory corporations, or similar bodies. Many departments have discrete areas or branches within them that operate independently of the rest of the department. These are listed only where they have a Wikipedia page of their own.

The Department of Finance's Flipchart and List lists entities organised under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 into three categories:

  • Non-corporate Commonwealth entities, which are bodies which act as part of the Commonwealth with varying degrees of independence
  • Corporate Commonwealth entities, which are (usually independent) bodies which have their own legal personality, and
  • Commonwealth companies, which are normal companies registered under the Corporations Act which the government controls.

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As of the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 13 October 2022, the Australian Government is organised into the following Departments of State (in alphabetical order):[4]

There are also three departments of the Parliamentary Service, which assist Parliament rather than the executive. These departments are directly accountable to the Parliament itself, through the presiding officers of both houses.

Parliament of Australia

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Parliament of Australia Agencies

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  • Department of Parliamentary Services
  • Department of the House of Representatives
  • Parliamentary Budget Office

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate Commonwealth entities

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  • Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
  • Cotton Research and Development Corporation
  • Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
  • Grains Research and Development Corporation
  • Regional Investment Corporation
  • Wine Australia

Attorney-General's portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate entities

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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate entities

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Government-owned companies

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Defence portfolio

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Ministers

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Departments and non-corporate entities

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Corporate Commonwealth entities

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Defence

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  • Army and Air Force Canteen Service
  • Australian Military Forces Relief Trust Fund
  • Defence Housing Australia
  • Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Trust Fund
  • Royal Australian Air Force Welfare Trust Fund
  • Royal Australian Navy Central Canteens Board
  • Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund

Veterans' Affairs

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Government-owned companies

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Defence

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Education portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate Commonwealth entities

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Government-owned companies

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  • Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited

Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate entities

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  • Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation
  • Comcare

Finance portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate entities

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  • Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation

Other portfolio bodies

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Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio

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Ministers

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  • Minister for Foreign Affairs (currently Senator Penny Wong)
  • Minister for Trade and Tourism (currently Senator Don Farrell)
  • Minister for International Development and the Pacific (currently Pat Conroy MP)
  • Assistant Minister for Trade (currently Senator Tim Ayres)
  • Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs (currently Tim Watts MP)

Department

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Corporate entities

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Health and Aged Care portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate entities

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Government-owned companies

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  • Australian Sports Foundation Ltd

Home Affairs portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Industry, Science, and Resources portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate entities

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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate entities

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Government-owned companies

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Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio

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Ministers

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Department and non-corporate bodies

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Corporate Commonwealth entities

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Government-owned companies

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Social Services portfolio

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The Social Services portfolio includes the Services Australia executive agency, which also administers programs and schemes on behalf of other government departments and portfolios.

Ministers

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Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate entities

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Treasury portfolio

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Ministers

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  • Treasurer (currently Dr Jim Chalmers MP)
  • Minister for Small Business (currently Julie Collins MP)
  • Assistant Treasurer (currently Stephen Jones MP)
  • Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, and Treasury (currently Dr Andrew Leigh MP)

Department and non-corporate entities

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Corporate Commonwealth entities

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The High Court is a Chapter III court but is included within the Attorney-General's portfolio for financial purposes.
  2. ^ The Federal Court is both the name of a Chapter III court and the name of a statutory entity which provides registry services to that court and a number of independent courts and tribunals.
  3. ^ Clare O'Neil holds an appointment to administer the Department of Defence but is not listed on the Department's website.
  4. ^ National Cabinet, an intergovernmental forum between the federal, state, and territory governments, is not strictly part of PM&C, but its meetings are organised by the Department.

References

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  1. ^ "Infosheet 20 - The Australian system of government". About Parliament: House of Representatives. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Administrative Arrangements Order made on 5 December 2019 with effect from 1 February 2020". Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Scott Morrison to sack top bureaucrats and dismantle departments in wide-ranging public sector overhaul". ABC News. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ^ Administrative Arrangements Order, 13 October 2022. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
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