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The Australian Government comprises 20 portfolio departments, ... Department of Finance; ... The number of departments were cut from 18 to 14, ...
The Department of Home Affairs is a department of the Government of Australia that is charged with responsibilities for national security, protective services, emergency management, border control, immigration, refugees, citizenship, transport security and multicultural affairs. [2]
The Department of Finance was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013 [4] and replaced the functions previously performed by the former Department of Finance and Deregulation. [5] [6] [7] In an earlier reconstruction, the department was called the Department of Finance and Administration.
The purpose of the Department of Finance and Deregulation was stated as: [4] 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.
The Australian government's procurement activity is governed by the Commonwealth Procurement Rules and overseen by the Department of Finance. [1] The rules were revised on 1 January 2018. [2] States and territories also have their own procurement policies and legislation.
The name of the government in the Constitution of Australia is the "Government of the Commonwealth". [15] This was the name used in many early federal government publications. [16] However, in 1965 Robert Menzies indicated his preference for the name "Australian Government" in order to prevent confusion with the new Commonwealth of Nations. [17]
The Department of the Treasury, also known as The Treasury, is the national treasury and financial department of the federal government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The treasury is responsible for executing economic and fiscal policy, market regulation and the delivery of the federal budget with the department overseeing 16 agencies .
The national significant number consists of a single-digit area code followed by the local eight-digit number, a total of nine digits. Calling within Australia a landline telephone in an area other than that of the caller, the telephone number is preceded by the Australian trunk prefix 0 and the area code: 0x xxxx xxxx.