Department of Finance and Deregulation
3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013
Previously Department of Finance and Administration (1997–2007). Renamed Department of Finance in 2013.
Department of State responsible for expenditure policy and the budget estimates, the Commonwealth's financial management framework, government property, procurement and ICT, ministerial and parliamentary services, and deregulation and best practice regulation.
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 on 3 December 2007 by the Administrative Arrangements Order made when the Rudd Ministry was sworn in, renaming the Department of Finance and Administration. It took over deregulation policy and the Office of Best Practice Regulation from the Productivity Commission in the Treasury portfolio.
- Budget and expenditure
- Financial management framework
- Property, procurement and ICT
- Government business enterprises and asset sales
- Ministerial and parliamentary services
- Office of Best Practice Regulation
- Regulation impact statement oversight
Changes during its life
- Moorebank intermodal terminal project
Planning for the terminal had been led by a project office in the department; the link is not confirmed.
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Finance on 18 September 2013 by the Administrative Arrangements Order made when the Abbott Ministry was sworn in; deregulation and the Office of Best Practice Regulation went to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
- Budget and expenditure
- Financial management framework
- Property, procurement and ICT
- Government business enterprises
- Ministerial and parliamentary services
- Deregulation policy
- Office of Best Practice Regulation
Main functions
- Budget estimates and expenditure policy advice
- Commonwealth financial management framework
- Deregulation and best practice regulation (Office of Best Practice Regulation)
- Government property, procurement and ICT policy
- Shareholder oversight of government business enterprises and asset sales
- Ministerial and parliamentary services and entitlements
- Electoral matters
- Commonwealth insurance (Comcover) and public sector superannuation
Bodies in this portfolio (3)
- Health Services Australia 1997–2009
- Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs) 2005–2009
- Australian Reward Investment Alliance 2006–2011
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013 (took effect as it ended)
6 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 25 January 2008 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 September 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 October 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 December 2011 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 9 February 2012 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 16 May 2013 (sets it out)