Department of Finance and Deregulation

{{Short description|Australian government department, 2007–2013}}

{{Infobox government agency

|agency_name = Department of Finance and Deregulation

|logo = Australian Government Department of Finance and Deregulation Logo.jpg

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|formed = 3 December 2007{{citation|title=CA 9194: The Department of Finance and Deregulation|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+9194|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=19 December 2013}}

|type= Department

|preceding1 = Department of Finance and Administration

|dissolved = 18 September 2013

|superseding = Department of Finance (II)

|jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Australia

|headquarters = Canberra

|employees = {{formatnum:1946}} (at April 2013){{citation|url=http://www.apsc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/29223/SOSR-2012_13-final-tagged2.pdf|page=253|title=State of the Service Report: State of the Service Series 2012-13|date=2 December 2013|author=Australian Public Service Commission|publisher=Australian Public Service Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206035449/http://www.apsc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/29223/SOSR-2012_13-final-tagged2.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2013}}

|budget = {{AUD}}522m (2012){{cite web |url=http://finance.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/annualreport11-12/docs/financial_statements.pdf |format=PDF |title=Statement of Comprehensive Income |work=Annual Report |year=2012 |publisher=Department of Finance and Deregulation |accessdate=23 September 2013 }}

|minister1_name = Lindsay Tanner

|minister1_pfo = Minister (2007–2010)

|minister2_name = Penny Wong

|minister2_pfo = Minister (2010–2013)

|chief1_name = Ian Watt

|chief1_position = Secretary (2007–2009)

|chief2_name = David Tune

|chief2_position = Secretary (2009–2013)

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The Australian Department of Finance and Deregulation was a federal government department that existed between December 2007 and September 2013. Its role was to help the Australian Government achieve its policy objectives by contributing to four key outcomes:

Sustainable Government finances
More efficient Government operations
Efficiently functioning Parliament
Effective and efficient use of information and communication technology by the Australian Government

Purpose

The purpose of the Department of Finance and Deregulation was stated as:{{cite web |url=http://www.finance.gov.au/AboutUs/role_and_statement_of_purpose.html |title=Role and Statement of Purpose |publisher=Department of Finance and Deregulation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228051419/http://www.finance.gov.au/AboutUs/role_and_statement_of_purpose.html |archive-date=28 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}

{{Quote|We provide high quality, strategic policy and financial advice to support government decision-making and improved Australian Government financial management.We deliver professional support services to our Ministers, Parliamentarians and their staff, and the Government as a whole.}}

Operations

The matters dealt with by the Department included:

Budget policy advice and process
Government financial accountability
Shareholder advice on Government Business Enterprises
Superannuation of former and current members of parliament and Australian Government employees
Government asset sales
Management of non-Defence Government-owned property
Electoral matters (through the Australian Electoral Commission)
Administration of Parliamentarians' entitlements
Administration of the Australian Government's self-managed general insurance fund
Government online delivery and information technology and communications management (through the Australian Government Information Management Office)
Advice on the Australian Government Future Fund
Management of government records (through the National Archives of Australia)
Central advertising system

References

Finance and Deregulation

Category:Ministries established in 2007

Category:2013 disestablishments in Australia