User:Skymann102/Drafts/List of Australian government entities

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.

, 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.

Department summary
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):


 * Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
 * Attorney-General's Department
 * Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
 * Department of Defence
 * Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
 * Department of Finance
 * Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
 * Department of Health and Aged Care
 * Department of Home Affairs
 * Department of Industry, Science and Resources
 * Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
 * Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
 * Department of Social Services
 * Department of the Treasury
 * Department of Veterans' Affairs

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.


 * Department of Parliamentary Services
 * Department of the House of Representatives
 * Department of the Senate

Parliament of Australia Agencies

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

Ministers

 * Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (currently Senator Murray Watt)

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
 * Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
 * Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Corporate Commonwealth entities

 * 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

Ministers

 * Attorney-General of Australia (currently Mark Dreyfus KC MP)

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Attorney-General's Department
 * Australian Government Solicitor, headed by the Solicitor-General of Australia
 * Administrative Appeals Tribunal
 * Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
 * Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
 * Australian Federal Police
 * Australian Financial Security Authority
 * Australian Institute of Criminology
 * Australian Law Reform Commission
 * Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
 * High Court of Australia
 * Federal Court of Australia
 * Australian Competition Tribunal
 * Australian Copyright Tribunal
 * Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal
 * Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
 * National Native Title Tribunal
 * Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
 * Commonwealth Ombudsman
 * Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
 * Office of Parliamentary Counsel
 * Office of the Special Investigator

Corporate entities

 * Australian Human Rights Commission

Ministers

 * Minister for Climate Change and Energy (currently Chris Bowen MP)
 * Minister for the Environment and Water (currently Tanya Plibersek MP)
 * Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy (currently Senator Jenny McAllister)

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
 * Australian Antarctic Division


 * Bureau of Meteorology
 * Clean Energy Regulator
 * Climate Change Authority
 * Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
 * North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority

Corporate entities

 * Australian Institute of Marine Science
 * Australian Renewable Energy Agency
 * Clean Energy Finance Corporation
 * Director of National Parks
 * Murray-Darling Basin Authority
 * Sydney Harbour Federation Trust

Government-owned companies

 * Snowy Hydro Limited

Ministers

 * Minister for Defence (currently Richard Marles MP)
 * Minister for Defence Industry (currently Pat Conroy MP)
 * Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel (currently Matt Keogh MP)
 * Assistant Minister for Defence (currently Matt Thistlethwaite MP)
 * Minister for Cyber Security (current Clare O'Neil MP)

Departments and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Defence
 * Australian Defence Force
 * Royal Australian Air Force
 * Australian Army
 * Royal Australian Navy
 * Defence Science and Technology Group
 * Intelligence and Security
 * Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
 * Defence Intelligence Organisation
 * Australian Signals Directorate
 * Defence Security and Vetting Service
 * Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group
 * Department of Veterans' Affairs
 * Office of Australian War Graves
 * Veterans' Review Board

Defence

 * 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

 * Australian War Memorial

Defence

 * AAF Company
 * Australian Strategic Policy Institute Ltd
 * RAAF Welfare Recreational Company

Ministers

 * Minister for Education (currently Jason Clare MP)
 * Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth (currently Dr Anne Aly MP)
 * Assistant Minister for Education (currently Senator Anthony Chisholm)

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Education
 * Australian Research Council


 * Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

Corporate Commonwealth entities

 * Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
 * Australian National University

Government-owned companies

 * Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited

Ministers

 * Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (currently Tony Burke MP)
 * Minister for Skills and Training (currently Brendan O'Connor MP)

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
 * Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency
 * Australian Skills Quality Authority
 * Fair Work Commission
 * Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity
 * Fair Work Ombudsman
 * Registered Organisations Commission
 * Safe Work Australia
 * Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority

Corporate entities

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

Ministers

 * Minister for Finance (currently Senator Katy Gallagher)
 * Special Minister of State (currently Senator Don Farrell)

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Finance
 * Australian Electoral Commission
 * Digital Transformation Agency
 * Future Fund Management Agency
 * Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority

Corporate entities

 * Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation

Other portfolio bodies

 * ASC Pty Ltd
 * Australian Naval Infrastructure Pty Ltd

Ministers

 * 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

 * Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
 * Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
 * Australian Passport Office
 * Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
 * Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
 * Australian Secret Intelligence Service

Corporate entities

 * Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
 * Tourism Australia

Ministers

 * Minister for Health
 * Minister for Sport
 * Assistant Minister for Health

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Health and Aged Care
 * National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme
 * Office of the Gene Technology Regulator
 * Therapeutic Goods Administration
 * Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
 * Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
 * Cancer Australia
 * National Blood Authority
 * National Health Funding Body
 * National Health and Medical Research Council
 * National Mental Health Commission
 * Organ and Tissue Authority
 * Professional Services Review
 * Sport Integrity Australia

Corporate entities

 * Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
 * Australian Digital Health Agency
 * Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
 * Australian Sports Commission
 * Australian Institute of Sport
 * Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Government-owned companies

 * Australian Sports Foundation Ltd

Ministers

 * Minister for Home Affairs (currently Clare O'Neil MP)
 * Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, and Multicultural Affairs (currently Andrew Giles MP)
 * Minister for Emergency Management (currently Senator Murray Watt)

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Home Affairs
 * Australian Border Force
 * Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
 * National Emergency Management Agency

Ministers

 * Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia (currently Madeleine King MP)
 * Minister for Industry and Science (currently Ed Husic MP)
 * Assistant Minister for Manufacturing (currently Senator Tim Ayres)

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Industry, Science, and Resources
 * Australian Space Agency
 * National Measurement Institute
 * Office of the Chief Scientist
 * Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre
 * Geoscience Australia
 * IP Australia

Corporate entities

 * Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
 * Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
 * National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority

Ministers

 * Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
 * Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
 * Australian Transport Safety Bureau
 * International Air Services Commission
 * Australian Communications and Media Authority
 * National Archives of Australia
 * National Capital Authority
 * National Faster Rail Agency

Corporate entities

 * Airservices Australia
 * Australian Broadcasting Corporation
 * Australian Film, Television and Radio School
 * Australian Maritime Safety Authority
 * Australian National Maritime Museum
 * Australian Postal Corporation
 * Civil Aviation Safety Authority
 * Infrastructure Australia
 * National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
 * National Gallery of Australia
 * National Gallery Research Library
 * National Library of Australia
 * National Museum of Australia
 * National Portrait Gallery of Australia
 * National Transport Commission
 * Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
 * Old Parliament House
 * Screen Australia
 * Special Broadcasting Service Corporation

Government-owned companies

 * Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd
 * Bundanon Trust
 * Creative Partnerships Australia Ltd
 * National Intermodal Corporation Limited
 * NBN Co Limited
 * WSA Co Ltd

Ministers

 * Prime Minister (currently Anthony Albanese MP)
 * Minister for Women (currently Senator Katy Gallagher)
 * Minister for Indigenous Australians (currently Linda Burney MP)
 * Cabinet Secretary (currently Mark Dreyfus KC MP)
 * Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister (currently Patrick Gorman MP)
 * Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians (currently Senator Malarndirri McCarthy)

Department and non-corporate bodies

 * Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
 * National Cabinet
 * National COVID-19 Coordination Commission
 * Federal Cabinet
 * National Security Committee
 * Current Cabinet committees


 * Australian National Audit Office
 * Australian Public Service Commission
 * National Indigenous Australians Agency
 * Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
 * Office of National Intelligence
 * Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General
 * Remuneration Tribunal
 * Workplace Gender Equality Agency

Corporate Commonwealth entities

 * Aboriginal land councils, including
 * Anindilyakwa Land Council
 * Central Land Council
 * Northern Land Council
 * Tiwi Land Council
 * Torres Strait Regional Authority
 * Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council
 * Indigenous Business Australia
 * Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation

Government-owned companies

 * Aboriginal Hostels Limited
 * National Australia Day Council Limited
 * Outback Stores Pty Ltd

Social Services portfolio
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

 * Minister for Social Services (currently Amanda Rishworth MP)
 * Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (currently Bill Shorten MP)
 * Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness (currently Julie Collins MP)
 * Assistant Minister for Social Services and Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence (currently Justine Elliot MP)

Department and non-corporate entities

 * Department of Social Services
 * Services Australia
 * Centrelink
 * Australian Organ Donor Register
 * Medicare
 * Australian Institute of Family Studies
 * Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence Commission
 * NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Corporate entities

 * Australian Hearing Services
 * National Disability Insurance Agency

Ministers

 * 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

 * Department of the Treasury
 * Australian Bureau of Statistics
 * Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
 * Australian Office of Financial Management
 * Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
 * Australian Securities and Investments Commission
 * Takeovers Panel
 * Financial Reporting Council
 * Office of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
 * Office of the Accounting Standards Board
 * Australian Taxation Office
 * Commonwealth Grants Commission


 * Inspector-General of Taxation
 * National Competition Council
 * Productivity Commission
 * Royal Australian Mint

Corporate Commonwealth entities

 * Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation
 * National Housing Finance and Reinvestment Corporation
 * Reserve Bank of Australia