Department of Finance and Deregulation

The Australian Department of Finance and Deregulation was a Federal Government department that existed between December 2007 and September 2013. Its role was to help the Australian Government achieve its policy objectives by contributing to four key outcomes:


 * 1) sustainable Government finances;
 * 2) more efficient Government operations;
 * 3) efficiently functioning Parliament; and
 * 4) effective and efficient use of information and communication technology by the Australian Government.

Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the Department of Finance and Deregulation was stated as:

"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."

Operations
The matters dealt with by the Department included:
 * 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 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 Office)
 * Advice on the Australian Government Future Fund
 * Management of government records (through the National Archives of Australia)
 * Central advertising system