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Departments of the Australian Government are the principles units of the Commonwealth of Australia's executive branch. 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.

, the agencies are principally grouped into 14 principal departments, 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.

Public Service
The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service responsible for the public administration and public policy for the Commonwealth of Australia and its various agencies and associated entities. The APS is regulated by the Public Service Act 1999 which establishes a code of conduct for public service employees. The organisational management of the APS is managed by the Australian Public Service Commission, a statutory agency.