Department of Finance and Administration (Australia)
Encyclopedia
The Department of Finance and Deregulation is an Australia
n Government
department. Its role is to help the Australian Government achieve its policy objectives by contributing to four key outcomes:
The matters dealt with by the Department include:
"We provide high quality, strategic policy and financial advice to support government decision-making and improved Australian Government financial management.
We deliver professional support services to our Ministers, Parliamentarians and their staff, and the Government as a whole.http://www.finance.gov.au/AboutUs/role_and_statement_of_purpose.html
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Government
Government of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement among six self-governing British colonies, which became the six states...
department. Its role is to help the Australian Government achieve its policy objectives by contributing to four key outcomes:
- sustainable Government finances.
- more efficient Government operations.
- efficiently functioning Parliament.
- effective and efficient use of information and communication technology by the Australian Government.
The matters dealt with by the Department include:
- Budget policy advice and process
- Government financial accountability
- Shareholder advice on Government Business Enterprises
- Superannuation of former and current members of parliament and Australian Government employees
- Government asset sales
- Management of non-Defence Government-owned property
- Electoral matters (through the Australian Electoral CommissionAustralian Electoral CommissionThe Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC, is the federal government agency in charge of organising and supervising federal elections and referendums. State and local government elections are overseen by the Electoral Commission in each state and territory.The Australian Electoral Commission...
) - Administration of Parliamentarians' entitlements
- Administration of the Australian Government's self-managed general insurance fund
- Government online delivery and information technology and communications management (through the Australian Government Information Management OfficeAustralian Government Information Management OfficeThe Australian Government Information Management Office is a branch of the Australian Government. It was established on 8 April 2004, taking over some of the functions of the former National Office for the Information Economy ....
) - Advice on the Australian Government Future FundAustralian Government Future FundThe Australian Government Future Fund is an independently managed investment fund into which the Australian Government deposits its budget surplus. The purpose of the fund is to meet the government's future liabilities for the payment of superannuation to retired civil servants of the Australian...
- Management of government records (through the National Archives of AustraliaNational Archives of AustraliaThe National Archives of Australia is a body established by the Government of Australia for the purpose of preserving Commonwealth Government records. It is an Executive Agency of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and reports to the Cabinet Secretary, Senator Joe Ludwig.The national...
) - Central advertising system
Statement of Purpose
Finance's statement of purpose is as follows:"We provide high quality, strategic policy and financial advice to support government decision-making and improved Australian Government financial management.
We deliver professional support services to our Ministers, Parliamentarians and their staff, and the Government as a whole.http://www.finance.gov.au/AboutUs/role_and_statement_of_purpose.html
See also
- Minister for Finance and Deregulation
- Australian federal budget
- List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
- Financial Management and Accountability ActFinancial Management and Accountability ActThe Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 is an Australian Government Act about the proper management of public money and property.It is administered by the Department of Finance and Deregulation.-References:*...