List of ministries and agencies in Australia
This is a list of the Australian ministries, agencies, agencies and commissions .
The new Australian government of the Australian Labor Party , led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard , was sworn in by the Governor-General of Australia on June 24, 2010. The new government changed the previous political structures and business areas.
All ministries since September 2010
This list is based on administrative instructions dated September 14, 2010. The ministries are
- The Attorney General's Department
- The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- 2020 absorbed by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
- The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
- 2020 merged with the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
- The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
- The Department of Defense
- The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- The Department of Finance and Deregulation
- The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- The Department of Health and Aging
- The Department of Human Services
- The Department of Immigration and Citizenship
- The Department of Infrastructure and Transport
- 2020 merged with the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
- The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- The Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
- The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
- The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- 2020 absorbed by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
- The Department of the Treasury
- The Department of Veterans' Affairs
Departments of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
minister
- Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Ministry
Other business areas
- Australian Egg Corporation
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority
- Australian Landcare Council
- Australian Livestock Export Corporation Limited
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (formerly National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals)
- Australian Pork Limited
- Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation
- Australian Wool Innovation Limited
- Cotton Research and Development Corporation
- Dairy Adjustment Authority
- Dairy Australia
- Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
- Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation
- Grains Research and Development Corporation
- Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation
- Horticulture Australia Limited
- Land & Water Australia
- Meat and Livestock Australia
- Murray-Darling Basin Commission
- Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council
- National Consultative Committee on Animal Welfare
- National Land and Water Resources Audit
- National Rural Advisory Council
- Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
- Northern Territory Fisheries Joint Authority
- Plant Breeder's Rights Office
- Primary Industries Ministerial Council
- Quarantine and Exports Advisory Council
- Queensland Fisheries Joint Authority
- Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
- Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel
- Sugar Research and Development Corporation
- Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority
- Western Australian Fisheries Joint Authority
- Wheat Export Authority
Attorney-General's Department
minister
- Attorney-General
- Minister for Home Affairs
- Minister for Justice
- Minister for Privacy and Freedom of Information
Ministry
Other business areas
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- Administrative Review Council
- Australian Crime Commission
- Australian Customs Service
- Australian Federal Police
- Australian Government Solicitor
- Australian Human Rights Commission
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- Australian Law Reform Commission
- Australian Security Intelligence Organization
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center
- Border Protection Command
- Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
- Copyright Tribunal
- Criminology Research Council
- CrimTrac
- Defense Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- Family Law Council
- Federal Costs Advisory Committee
- Federal Police Disciplinary Tribunal
- Insolvency and Trustee Service, Australia
- International Legal Services Advisory Council
- Ministerial Council on the Administration of Justice
- National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council
- National Counter Terrorism Committee
- National Native Title Tribunal
- Office of Film and Literature Classification
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner
- Standing Committee of Attorneys-General
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
minister
- Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity
- Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Ministry
Further business areas
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Australian Communications and Media Authority
- Australian Postal Corporation
- NBN Co Limited
- Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
minister
- Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
- Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Ministry
Other business areas
- Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
Department of Defense
Ministers
- Minister of Defense
- Minister for Defense Science and Personnel
- Minister for Defense Materiel
- Minister for Veterans' Affairs
Ministry
Other business areas
- Defense
- Australian Defense Force Academy Consultative Council
- Australian Defense Human Research Ethics Committee
- Australian Maritime Defense Council
- Australian Military Forces Relief Trust Fund
- Australian Oceanographic Data Center
- Border Protection Command
- Capability Development Advisory Forum
- Commercial Support Consultative Forum
- Contracting Consultative Forum
- Defense Exporters Council
- Defense Families of Australia
- Defense Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority
- Defense Housing Authority
- Defense Materiel Organization
- Defense Reserves Support Council
- Frontline Defense Services
- Military Superannuation and Benefits Board of Trustees No. 1
- Office of Reserve Service Protection
- RAAF Veterans' Residence Trust
- RAAF Welfare Trust Fund
- Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund
- Veterans' Affairs
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
minister
- Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare
- Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development
- Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth
- Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations
Ministry
Other business areas
- Accreditation Decisions Review Committee
- Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
- Australian Fair Pay Commission
- Australian Industrial Relations Commission and Australian Industrial Registry
- Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Ltd (Teaching Australia)
- Australian Learning and Teaching Council
- Australian National University
- Business-Industry-Higher Education Collaboration Council
- Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation
- Comcare
- Defense Force Remuneration Tribunal
- Fair Work Ombudsman
- National Workplace Relations Consultative Council
- Office of Australian Building and Construction Commissioner
- Remuneration Tribunal Secretariat
- Safe Work Australia
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission
- Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority (Seacare Authority)
- Workplace Authority
- Workplace Relations Ministers Council
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
minister
- Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Minister for Housing
- Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness
- Minister for the Status of Women
- Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services
- Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers
Ministry
Other business areas
- Commonwealth, States, Territories and New Zealand Ministers' Conference on the Status of Women
- Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference
- Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council
- Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
- Housing Ministers' Conference
- Ministerial Council on Gambling
- National Housing Supply Council
- Repatriation Reference Committee
- Social Security Appeals Tribunal
Aboriginal
- Aboriginal Benefit Account Advisory Committee
- Aboriginal Hostels Limited
- Anindilyakawa Land Council
- Central Land Council
- Indigenous Business Australia
- Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC)
- Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
- Northern Land Council
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC)
- Office of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner
- Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC)
- OIPC
- Tiwi Land Council
- Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA)
- Township leasing
Department of Finance and Deregulation
minister
- Minister Assisting on Deregulation
- Minister for Finance and Deregulation
- Special Minister of State
Ministry
Other business areas
- Finance
- Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation
- Australian Electoral Commission
- Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust
- Australian Industry Development Corporation
- Australian Political Exchange Council
- Australian Procurement and Construction Ministerial Council
- Australian Reward Investment Alliance
- Australian River Co. Limited
- Chief Information Officer Committee
- Commonwealth Superannuation Administration (ComSuper)
- CSS Board
- Future Fund Management Agency
- Medibank Private Ltd
- Parliamentary Budget Office
- Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust
- PSS board
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
minister
- Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Minister for Trade
- Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs
- Parliamentary Secretary for Trade
Ministry
Other business areas
- Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
- Australian Center for International Agricultural Research
- Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
- Trade Policy Advisory Council
Department of Health and Aging
minister
- Minister for Health and Aging
- Minister for Indigenous Health
- Minister for Mental Health and Aging
Ministry
Other business areas
- Acute Care Advisory Committee
- Aged Care Planning Advisory Committees
- Aged Care Residential Classification Scale (RCS) Review Team
- Aged Care Risk Management Team and Complaints Management Team
- Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd
- Australian Community Pharmacy Authority
- Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care
- Australian Health Ministers Advisory Committee Working Party on Highly Specialized Drugs
- Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council
- Australian Health Ministers' Conference
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Australian National Council on AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases
- Australian National Council on Drugs
- Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority
- Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council
- Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council (APAC) Subcommittee on Intentional Misuse of Pharmaceutical Drugs (APACIMP)
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
- Australian Screening Advisory Committee
- Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization
- Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand
- enHealth Council
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- Health and Community Services Ministerial Council
- Hearing Services Consultative Committee
- Intergovernmental Committee on AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases (IGCAHRD)
- Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs
- Measles Elimination Advisory Committee
- Medical Services Advisory Committee
- Methadone and Other Treatment Subcommittee
- Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
- Monitoring and Evaluation Coordination Committee
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council
- National Advisory Council on Suicide Prevention
- National Blood Authority
- National Breast Cancer Foundation
- National Disaster Relief (Health) Committee
- National Drug Research Strategy Committee
- National Drug Strategy Reference Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
- National Expert Advisory Committee on Alcohol
- National Expert Advisory Committee on Illicit Drugs
- National Expert Advisory Committee on School Drug Education
- National Expert Advisory Committee on Tobacco
- National Expert Advisory Group on Safety and Quality in Australian Health Care
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- National Immunization Committee
- National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council
- National Public Health Partnership
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal
- Pharmaceutical Health and Rational Use of Medicines Committee
- Private Health Insurance Administration Council
- Private Health Insurance Ombudsman
- Professional Services Review
- Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council
- Rural Health Support, Education and Training Program Committee
- Task Force on Diabetes
- Therapeutic Goods Administration
Department of Human Services
minister
Ministry
Other business areas
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
minister
- Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
- Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship
Ministry
Other business areas
Department of Infrastructure and Transport
minister
- Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
- Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport
Ministry
Other business areas
- Airservices Australia
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority
- Australian Motor Vehicle Certification Board
- Australian Rail Track Corporation
- Australian Transport Council
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority
- International Air Services Commission
- Local Government and Planning Ministers' Council
- National Marine Safety Committee
- National Transport Commission
- Regional Development Council
- Standing Committee on Regional Development
- Standing Committee on Transport
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
minister
Ministry
Other business areas
- Advisory Council on Intellectual Property
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Australian Institute of Marine Science
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
- Australian Research Council
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
- Cooperative Research Centers Committee
- Innovation Australia
- IP Australia
- Questacon --- The National Science and Technology Center
- Oceans Policy Science Advisory Group
- Plant Breeder's Rights Advisory Committee
- Pooled Development Funds Registration Board
- Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys
- Tourism Australia
- Tourism Ministers' Council
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
minister
- Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
- Minister for the Arts
- Minister for Privacy and Freedom of Information
- Minister for Social Inclusion
- Minister for Sport
- Prime Minister
- Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity
Ministry
Other business areas bodies
- Australia Council
- Australian Film Television and Radio School
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Australian National Audit Office
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- Australian Public Service Commission
- Bundanon Trust
- Commonwealth Ombudsman
- Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
- Management Advisory Committee
- National Archives of Australia
- National Australia Day Council
- National Gallery of Australia
- National Museum of Australia
- Official Establishments Trust
- Office of National Assessments
- Museum of Australian Democracy
- Playing Australia Committee
Department of the Resources and Energy and Tourism
minister
- Minister Assisting the Minister for Tourism
- Minister for Resources and Energy
- Minister for Tourism
Ministry
Other business areas
- ANZLIC - The Spatial Information Council
- Geoscience Australia
- Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority
- Tourism Australia
- Tourism Ministers' Council
Department of the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
minister
- Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water
Ministry
Other business areas
- Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee
- Antarctic Ethics Committee (Human Experimentation)
- Antarctic Research Assessment Committees (ARACs)
- Antarctic Science Advisory Committee
- Australia - Netherlands Committee on Old Dutch Shipwrecks
- Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee
- Australian Heritage Council
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Environment Protection and Heritage Council
- Great Barrier Reef Consultative Committee
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Council
- Great Barrier Reef Structural Adjustment Package Technical Advisory Committee
- Hazardous Waste Technical Group
- National Cultural Heritage Committee
- National Environment Protection Council
- National Environmental Education Council
- National Water Commission
- New South Wales World Heritage Properties Ministerial Council
- Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
- Science Program Management Committee
- State of the Environment Committee 2006
- Stockholm Intergovernmental Forum
- Sydney Harbor Federation Trust
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Ministerial Council
- Threatened Species Scientific Committee
- Wet Tropics Ministerial Council
Department of Treasury
minister
- Assistant Treasurer
- Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
- Treasurer
Ministry
Other business areas
- Australian Accounting Standards Board
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Australian Competition Tribunal
- Australian Loan Council
- Australian Office of Financial Management
- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- Australian Statistics Advisory Council
- Australian Taxation Office
- Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council
- Commonwealth Grants Commission
- Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board
- Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee
- Financial Reporting Council
- Financial Sector Advisory Council
- Foreign Investment Review Board
- Inspector-General of Taxation
- Life Insurance Actuarial Standards Board
- Ministerial Council for Corporations
- Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs
- National Competition Council
- Productivity Commission
- Reserve Bank of Australia
- Superannuation Complaints Tribunal
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Commonwealth of Australia Administrative Arrangements Order made on September 14, 2010 ( Memento of September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 133 kB)
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