Department of Finance and Administration
DoFA
9 October 1997 – 3 December 2007
Renamed Department of Finance and Deregulation in 2007.
Department of State responsible for the Commonwealth budget and expenditure, the financial management framework, government business enterprises and asset sales, Commonwealth property and purchasing, superannuation administration, and services to parliamentarians and electoral matters.
Names over time
- Department of Finance and Administration1997–2007
- Department of Finance and Deregulation2007–2013
- Department of Finance2013–present
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 9 October 1997, merging the Department of Finance with the Department of Administrative Services after the Howard government's October 1997 reshuffle. John Fahey became Minister for Finance and Administration.
- Budget and expenditure
- Financial management
- Government business enterprises and asset sales
- Superannuation
- Commonwealth property
- Purchasing
- Parliamentarians' entitlements and ministerial services
- Electoral matters
Changes during its life
- Commonwealth asset sales
- Whole-of-government IT outsourcing
- Took over functions from Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts · 26 October 2004
- Whole-of-government information and communications technology policy (Australian Government Information Management Office)
The Australian Government Information Management Office moved from the Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio after the 2004 election.
- Commonwealth property management and office accommodation
- Commonwealth purchasing policy and guidelines
- Part split off to form Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts · 21 October 1998
- Government online delivery
- Information technology and communications management, excluding IT outsourcing
Including the Office for Government Online; the exact scope of the transfer is not confirmed.
How it ended
On 3 December 2007, under the incoming Rudd government, it became the Department of Finance and Deregulation, which also took on responsibility for regulatory reform.
- Budget and expenditure
- Financial management framework
- Property, procurement and ICT
- Government business enterprises and asset sales
- Ministerial and parliamentary services
Main functions
- Budget preparation and expenditure control
- Financial management framework and accrual budgeting
- Government business enterprises and asset sales
- Commonwealth property and purchasing
- Commonwealth employee superannuation administration
- Parliamentarians' entitlements and ministerial services
- Electoral matters
- Whole-of-government information and communications technology (from 2004)
Bodies in this portfolio (9)
- Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority 1949–2002
- Housing Loans Insurance Corporation 1965–1997
- Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd 1985–2004
- CSS Board 1990–2006
- Office of Evaluation and Audit 1990–2005
- PSS Board 1990–2006
- Office for Government Online 1997–2000
- Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing 1997–2001
- PSSap Board 2005–2006
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 26 November 2001 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (took effect as it ended)
5 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 December 2003 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 26 October 2004 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 16 December 2004 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 21 September 2006 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 21 September 2006, as amended to 30 January 2007 (sets it out)