Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Agency overview
Formed	1911
Jurisdiction	Australia
Employees	526
Annual budget	AU$140.7 million (2007/08)
Minister responsible	Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister
Agency executive	Terry Moran, Secretary
Website
www.dpmc.gov.au

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is an Australian Government department. The Department was first established in 1911 (it was then known as the Prime Minister's Department; the later title was created in 1968). Its role is to ensure that policy proposals put to the Prime Minister and to Cabinet are developed in a coherent, informed and coordinated fashion, to co-ordinate the implementation of key government programmes, to support official visits, ceremonies and state occasions and, to manage the operations of the official residences. The responsibilities of the Department are considerably wider than in most other Westminster systems, although the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in New Zealand has similar responsibilities.

Department organisation

The Department is organised into a Cabinet Division, an Economic Division, an Industry, Infrastructure and Environment Division, an International Division, a National Security Division, a Social Policy Division and a People, Resources and Communications Division and numerous Task Forces to deal with particular problems. The Secretary of the Department, currently Terry Moran, is the equivalent of the Cabinet Secretary in Britain or the Clerk of the Privy Council in Canada.

Secretaries of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

The Secretary to the Prime Minister and Cabinet is the public service head of the department and the most senior public servant in Australia. Below is the list of Secretaries since 1911.

See also

• Prime Minister of Australia
• List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities

References

External links

• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Website

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