List of Australian Government entities


This list of Australian government entities is of Australian Ministers, government departments, bureaus and commissions, authorities, corporations and other entities, which are grouped into a number of areas of portfolio responsibility. Each portfolio is led by one or more government ministers who are members of the Parliament of Australia, appointed by the Governor-General of Australia on the advice of the Prime Minister.
, the agencies are principally grouped into 14 principal departments, each led by a secretary, director-general, or similarly-titled executive officer and comprising a number of portfolios covering specific policy areas across the department and allocated statutory authorities, trading enterprises, boards, councils and other public bodies. Agencies have varying levels of operational autonomy, and deliver one or more of frontline public services, administrative functions and law enforcement. Some are structured as for-profit corporations. Where there are multiple portfolios within a department, the Secretary may be accountable to a number of ministers.
, the current Government is led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia in Coalition with the National Party of Australia, led by Michael McCormack.

Department summary

September 2013

On 18 September 2013 an Administrative Arrangements Order was issued by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister Tony Abbott which replaced the previous Order of 14 September 2010 issued by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Gillard Government. The Order formed or re-confirmed government departments, as follows:
Following the appointment of Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister, three departments were renamed, with effect from 21 September 2015:
Following the election of the Turnbull Government, the Department of the Environment was renamed, with effect from 19 July 2016:
Some departments were renamed, with effect from 20 December 2017:
Following the election of the Morrison Government, five departments were renamed, with effect from 29 May 2019:
The number of departments were cut from 18 to 14, with effect from 1 February 2020:

Parliament of Australia Agencies

Courts agencies

Council of Australian Governments Agencies

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

Defence

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

Ministers

The Social Services portfolio includes the Services Australia executive agency, which also administers programs and schemes on behalf of other government departments and portfolios.

Ministers

Ministers