mogmentum — Australian Government Structure

Portfolio

The portfolio structure of the federal government

Cabinet

Bold in PMC ministry list

Prime Minister

Head of government; chairs Cabinet

Cabinet Minister

Member of Cabinet; full portfolio responsibility

Outer ministry

Regular type in PMC ministry list

Assistant ministers

Italic in PMC ministry list

Parliamentary Departments

Departments that serve Parliament, not the executive

Committees

Parliamentary scrutiny — Senate, House & Joint

Senate Committee

Senate standing and select committees

House Committee

House of Representatives committees

Joint Committee

Joint committees of both chambers

Ministerial Departments

Departments of state established by AAO

Independent entities

PGPA listed entities and executive agencies (A)

Listed Entity

PGPA Schedule 1 — ANAO, AEC, ASIO, ABS, AFP, ACCC, ATO

Executive Agency

ATO, Services Australia — operational independence

Corporate Commonwealth entities

Statutory body corporate; own legal identity (B)

Commonwealth companies

Corporations Act companies; Cwlth holds majority interest (C)

Secondary structures

Tribunals, statutory and non-statutory advisory and functional bodies (D–G)

Tribunal

ART, Fair Work Commission, AAT — merits review bodies

Statutory Advisory

D. Statutory advisory — e.g. Cancer Australia Advisory Council

Statutory Function

E. Statutory office holders, offices and committees — e.g. Cotton R&D Corp

Non-statutory Advisory

F. Non-statutory advisory — e.g. Australian Space Agency

Non-statutory Function

G. Non-statutory function with separate branding — e.g. Comcover

Ministerial councils

Cwlth–State ministerial forums and related bodies (H)

National law bodies

Established under state/territory national law (I)

Inter-jurisdictional

International and Cwlth–State collaborative bodies (J/K)

Partnerships & JVs

Joint ventures, stakes and partnership structures (L)

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries of corporate CEs and Commonwealth companies (M)

Constitutional bodies

Bodies established directly by the Constitution (N)

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Sources: AGOR · Budget Paper No. 4 · APSED · AAO
Budget and staffing data sourced from the Australian Government under CC 4.0