The Australian Government on 5 December 2019
Prime Minister: Scott Morrison (Liberal) · 46th Parliament
Changes taking effect on this day
Departments of State (18)
- Attorney-General's Department1901–present
- Department of Agriculture2019–2020
- Department of Communications and the Arts2015–2020
- Department of Defence1942–present
- Department of Education2019–2020
- Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business2019–2020
- Department of Finance2013–present
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade1987–present
- Department of Health2013–2022
- Department of Home Affairs2017–present
- Department of Industry, Innovation and Science2015–2020
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development2019–2020
- Department of Social Services2013–present
- Department of the Environment and Energy2016–2020
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet1971–present
- Department of the Treasury1901–present
- Department of Veterans' Affairs1976–present
- Services Australia2019–2020
Other bodies (273)
Central government
- Australian Electoral Commission 1984–present
- Australian National Audit Office 1998–present
- Australian Public Service Commission 2002–present
- Digital Transformation Agency 2016–present
- Merit Protection Commissioner 1999–present
- Office of National Intelligence 2018–present
- Office of the National Data Commissioner 2018–present
- Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General 1984–present
- Remuneration Tribunal 1973–present
Parliament
- Department of Parliamentary Services 2004–present
- Department of the House of Representatives 1901–present
- Department of the Senate 1901–present
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 2017–present
- Parliamentary Budget Office 2012–present
Law, justice & security
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 1976–2024
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 2006–2023
- Australian Crime Commission 2003–present
- Australian Federal Police 1979–present
- Australian Human Rights Commission 2009–present
- Australian Institute of Criminology 1973–present
- Australian Law Reform Commission 1997–present
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 1949–present
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre 1992–present
- Classification Board 1996–present
- Classification Review Board 1996–present
- Family Court of Australia 1976–2021
- Federal Circuit Court of Australia 2013–2021
- Federal Court of Australia 1977–present
- High Court of Australia 1903–present
- Immigration Assessment Authority 2015–2024
- Independent National Security Legislation Monitor 2011–present
- National Native Title Tribunal 1994–present
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 1970–present
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 2010–present
- Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman 1977–present
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 1984–present
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 1987–present
Treasury & finance
- Auditing and Assurance Standards Board 2004–present
- Australian Accounting Standards Board 1991–present
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 1974–present
- Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission 2012–present
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 1995–present
- Australian Competition Tribunal 1995–present
- Australian Energy Regulator 2005–present
- Australian Financial Security Authority 2013–present
- Australian Office of Financial Management 1999–present
- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority 1998–present
- Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation 2003–present
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission 1998–present
- Australian Taxation Office 1973–present
- Commonwealth Grants Commission 1933–present
- Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation 2011–present
- Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board 2017–present
- Financial Reporting Council 2000–present
- Future Fund Board of Guardians 2006–present
- Future Fund Management Agency 2006–present
- Inspector-General of Taxation 2003–present
- National Competition Council 1995–present
- Note Printing Australia Limited 1998–present
- Office of Best Practice Regulation 2006–2023
- Productivity Commission 1998–present
- Reserve Bank of Australia 1960–present
- Royal Australian Mint 1965–present
- Superannuation Complaints Tribunal 1994–2020
- Takeovers Panel 2000–present
- Tax Practitioners Board 2010–present
Industry, science & resources
- Anti-Dumping Commission 2013–present
- Anti-Dumping Review Panel 2013–present
- Australian Industry Participation Authority 2013–present
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation 1987–present
- Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman 2016–present
- Australian Space Agency 2018–present
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 1949–present
- Copyright Tribunal of Australia 1969–present
- Geoscience Australia 2001–present
- Innovation and Science Australia 2016–2021
- IP Australia 1998–present
- National Measurement Institute 2004–present
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority 2012–present
- National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator 2012–present
- National Wind Farm Commissioner 2015–2021
- Office of the Chief Scientist 1989–present
- Questacon – National Science and Technology Centre 1988–present
- Snowy Hydro Limited 2002–present
- Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board 2017–present
Health, ageing & disability
- Aged Care Pricing Commissioner 2013–2022
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 2019–present
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 2006–present
- Australian Digital Health Agency 2016–present
- Australian Hearing Services 1992–present
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1992–present
- Australian National Preventive Health Agency 2011–2026
- Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority 2009–present
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 1999–present
- Cancer Australia 2006–present
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 2002–present
- Independent Hospital Pricing Authority 2011–2022
- National Blood Authority 2003–present
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency 2013–2022
- National Health and Medical Research Council 1936–present
- National Health Funding Body 2012–present
- National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme 1990–2020
- National Mental Health Commission 2012–2024
- National Rural Health Commissioner 2017–present
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 2018–present
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator 2001–present
- Professional Services Review 1994–present
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety 2018–2021
- Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability 2019–2023
- Therapeutic Goods Administration 1989–present
Social services & housing
- Australian Institute of Family Studies 1980–present
- National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation 2018–2023
- National Office for Child Safety 2018–present
- Office for Women 2004–present
Education & research
- Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2008–present
- Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited 2010–present
- Australian National University 1946–present
- Australian Research Council 2001–present
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 2011–present
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency 2011–present
Employment & workplace
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 2013–2023
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 2016–2023
- Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation 1992–present
- Comcare 1992–present
- Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal 1984–present
- Fair Work Commission 2013–present
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 2009–present
- Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner 2005–present
- Registered Organisations Commission 2017–2023
- Safe Work Australia 2009–present
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission 1992–present
- Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority 1993–present
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency 2012–present
Transport & infrastructure
- Aircraft Noise Ombudsman 2010–present
- Airservices Australia 1995–present
- Australian Building Codes Board 1994–present
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority 1991–present
- Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited 1998–present
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 1999–present
- Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics 2008–present
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority 1995–present
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 2017–2021
- Infrastructure Australia 2008–present
- International Air Services Commission 1992–present
- Moorebank Intermodal Company Limited 2012–2022
- National Faster Rail Agency 2019–2023
- National Transport Commission 2004–present
- Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility 2016–present
- Office of Road Safety 2019–present
- WSA Co Limited 2017–present
Communications & media
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983–present
- Australian Communications and Media Authority 2005–present
- Australian Postal Corporation 1989–present
- Bureau of Communications and Arts Research 2016–2020
- eSafety Commissioner 2017–present
- NBN Co Limited 2009–present
- Special Broadcasting Service Corporation 1991–present
Arts, sport & collections
- Australia Council 1973–2023
- Australian Film, Television and Radio School 1986–present
- Australian National Maritime Museum 1990–present
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority 2006–2020
- Australian Sports Commission 1985–present
- Australian Sports Foundation Limited 1986–present
- Australian War Memorial 1925–present
- Bundanon Trust 1993–present
- Creative Partnerships Australia 2013–2023
- National Archives of Australia 1998–present
- National Australia Day Council Limited 1990–present
- National Film and Sound Archive of Australia 2008–present
- National Gallery of Australia 1992–present
- National Integrity of Sport Unit 2012–2020
- National Library of Australia 1961–present
- National Museum of Australia 1980–present
- National Portrait Gallery of Australia 2013–present
- Old Parliament House 2016–present
- Screen Australia 2008–present
Indigenous affairs
- Aboriginal Hostels Limited 1973–present
- Aboriginal Land Commissioner 1977–present
- Anindilyakwa Land Council 1991–present
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 1990–present
- Central Land Council 1977–present
- Executive Director of Township Leasing 2007–present
- Indigenous Business Australia 2001–present
- Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation 2019–present
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 2019–present
- Northern Land Council 1977–present
- Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations 2007–present
- Outback Stores Pty Ltd 2006–present
- Tiwi Land Council 1978–present
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 1994–present
- Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council 1987–present
Territories & national capital
- Christmas Island Administration 1958–present
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands Administration 1955–present
- National Capital Authority 1996–present
Agriculture, fisheries & forestry
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences 2010–present
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 1992–present
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 2004–present
- Australian Plague Locust Commission 1974–present
- Cotton Research and Development Corporation 1990–present
- Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 1991–present
- Grains Research and Development Corporation 1990–present
- Inspector-General of Biosecurity 2016–present
- Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports 2019–2023
- Regional Investment Corporation 2018–present
- Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation 1990–present
- Wine Australia 2017–present
Environment & water
- Australian Antarctic Division 1948–present
- Australian Heritage Council 2004–present
- Australian Institute of Marine Science 1972–present
- Australian National Botanic Gardens 1984–present
- Australian Renewable Energy Agency 2012–present
- Bureau of Meteorology 1908–present
- Clean Energy Finance Corporation 2012–present
- Clean Energy Regulator 2012–present
- Climate Change Authority 2012–present
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder 2008–present
- Director of National Parks 2000–present
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 1975–present
- Interim Inspector-General of Murray-Darling Basin Water Resources 2019–2021
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority 2008–present
- National Water Grid Authority 2019–present
- Supervising Scientist 1994–present
- Sydney Harbour Federation Trust 2001–present
- Threatened Species Commissioner 2014–present
Defence & veterans
- AAF Company 1946–present
- Army and Air Force Canteen Service 1979–present
- ASC Pty Ltd 2004–present
- Australian Civil-Military Centre 2012–present
- Australian Cyber Security Centre 2014–present
- Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation 2013–present
- Australian Government Security Vetting Agency 2010–present
- Australian Military Forces Relief Trust Fund 1947–present
- Australian Naval Infrastructure Pty Ltd 2017–present
- Australian Signals Directorate 2013–present
- Australian Strategic Policy Institute Ltd 2001–present
- Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal 1985–present
- Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal 2011–present
- Defence Housing Australia 2006–present
- Defence Intelligence Organisation 1990–present
- Defence Science and Technology Group 2015–present
- Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force 2003–present
- Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission 2004–2026
- Office of Australian War Graves 1975–present
- Office of the Director of Military Prosecutions 2006–present
- RAAF Welfare Recreational Company 1969–present
- Repatriation Commission 1918–present
- Repatriation Medical Authority 1994–present
- Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Trust Fund 1953–present
- Royal Australian Air Force Welfare Trust Fund 1947–present
- Royal Australian Navy Central Canteens Board 1943–present
- Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund 1947–present
- Specialist Medical Review Council 1994–present
- Veterans' Review Board 1985–present
Foreign affairs & trade
- Australia-ASEAN Council 2016–2024
- Australia-China Council 1978–2020
- Australia-India Council 1992–2023
- Australia-Indonesia Institute 1989–present
- Australia-Japan Foundation 2006–present
- Australia-Korea Foundation 1992–present
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 1982–present
- Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office 1998–present
- Australian Secret Intelligence Service 1952–present
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 2016–present
- Council for Australian-Arab Relations 2003–present
- Council on Australia Latin America Relations 2001–present
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation 1991–present
- Tourism Australia 2004–present
- Tourism Research Australia 2004–present
Immigration & border
- Australian Border Force 2015–present
- Emergency Management Australia 1993–2022
- Maritime Border Command 2015–present
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency 2019–2021
- Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority 2009–present