Governance Characteristics
Annual Report Requirements
Corporate Plan Requirements
Current Budget Characteristics
Outcome #1: Support sustainable Australian Government finances through providing high-quality policy advice and operational support to the government and Commonwealth entities to maintain effective and efficient use of public resources
# | Program | Body | Contribution |
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1.1 | Department of Finance Program 1.1 | Department of Finance | - Budget and Financial Management This program contributes to the outcome through advising the Finance Minister and Expenditure Review Committee (ERC) on fiscal and economic policies and related matters; supporting the Finance Minister in meeting their financial reporting responsibilities; and supporting the delivery of the Budget |
Outcome #2: Support an efficient and high performing public sector through providing leadership to Commonwealth entities in ongoing improvements to public sector governance, including through systems, frameworks, policy advice, service delivery, and managing, acquiring and divesting government investments
# | Program | Body | Contribution |
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2.1 | Department of Finance Program 2.1 | Department of Finance | Public Sector Governance This program contributes to the outcome through developing and maintaining the public sector resource management framework and improving the standard of governance, performance and accountability of Commonwealth entities |
2.2 | Department of Finance Program 2.2 | Department of Finance | Data Scheme This program contributes to the outcome by establishing a best practice scheme for sharing Australian government data to deliver public benefit |
2.3 | Department of Finance Program 2.3 | Department of Finance | Property and Construction This program contributes to the outcome by providing policy advice, guidance and support on managing Commonwealth property, land and public works across the government; and managing specified major capital works projects and the government's non-Defence property portfolio within Australia |
2.4 | Department of Finance 2.4 | Department of Finance | Insurance and Risk Management This program contributes to the outcome by providing general insurance services and promoting risk management across the Government through the Comcover Special Account |
2.5 | Department of Finance Program 2.5 | Department of Finance | Procurement This program contributes to the outcome through providing timely and relevant procurement policy advice; providing advice to the Government on advertising; establishing and maintaining WoAG procurement arrangements for common goods and services |
2.6 | Department of Finance Program 2.6 | Department of Finance | Delivery of government technology services This program contributes to the outcome through establishing, developing and maintaining government and cross-entity ICT infrastructure, platforms, systems and services |
2.7 | Department of Finance Program 2.7 | Department of Finance | Service Delivery Office This program contributes to the outcome through providing a range of corporate services to Australian Government entities |
2.8 | Department of Finance Program 2.8 | Department of Finance | Public Sector Superannuation This program contributes to the outcome through advising the Government on the stability of the Government's unfunded superannuation liabilities and its associated administered expense items and superannuation arrangements for government employees. This includes the administration and management of superannuation arrangements for parliamentarians, as well as current and former governors-general, federal judges and Federal Circuit Court Judges |
2.9 | Department of Finance Program 2.9 | Department of Finance | Australian Government Investment Funds This program contributes to the outcome through providing advice on investment mandates and governance arrangements for the Government's Investment Funds, to maximise the value of the funds to the Government. This includes advice on credit of amounts to the Funds and debits for payments from the Funds. The Funds are: * Future Fund * DisabilityCare Australia Fund * Medical Research Future Fund * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund * Future Drought Fund * Disaster Ready Fund (formerly the Emergency Response Fund) |
2.10 | Department of Finance Program 2.10 | Department of Finance |
# | Program | Body | Contribution |
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1.1 | Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation 1.1 | Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) | Finance works with the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation to ensure that the |
1.1 | Future Fund Management Agency Program 1.1 | Future Fund Management Agency | Finance works with the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation to ensure that the |
1.2 | Future Fund Management Agency Program 1.2 | Future Fund Management Agency | Finance works with the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation to ensure that the |
Outcome #3: Support for Parliamentarians and others as required by the Australian Government through the delivery of, and advice on, work expenses and allowances, entitlements and targeted programs.
# | Program | Body | Contribution |
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3.1 | Department of Finance Program 3.1 | Department of Finance | Ministerial and Parliamentary Services This program contributes to the outcome through the provision of advice on, access to, and payment of Parliamentary and post-Parliamentary, work expenses, allowances and entitlements and targeted programs |