Summary heading
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE [II]
Creation
The Department of Finance II was established on 18 September 2013 by the Administrative Arrangement Orders signed that day by the Governor General, Quentin Bryce.
Abolition
Functions and activities
The Department is responsible for the following matters:
Budget policy advice and process, and review of governmental programmes
Government financial accountability, efficiency, governance and financial management frameworks, including grants and procurement policy and services (excluding information and communications technology procurement policy and services)
Shareholder advice on Government Business Enterprises (GBEs) and commercial entities treated as GBEs
General policy guidelines for Commonwealth statutory authorities
Superannuation arrangements for Australian Government civilian employees and members of parliament and retirement benefits for Federal Judges and Governors-General
Asset sales
Commonwealth property policy framework, legislation and policy for the management of property leased or owned by the Commonwealth, including acquisition, disposal and management of property interests
Management of non-Defence Commonwealth property in Australia, including construction, major refurbishment, sustainability, acquisition, ownership and disposal of real property
Electoral matters
Administration of Parliamentarians’ work expenses
Administration of the Australian Government’s self-managed general insurance fund (Comcover)
Policy advice on the Future Fund, Nation-building Funds and the DisabilityCare Australia Fund; and authorisation of payments from the Nation-building Funds and the DisabilityCare Australia Fund recommended by relevant Agencies
Co-ordination of Government Advertising
Public data policy and related matters
Whole of government information and communications technology
Information and communications technology procurement policy and services
Whole of government deregulation policy coordination
Whole of government data and digital policy coordination
Legislation administered
The Department of Finance administers the following legislation:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund Act 2018
Aerospace Technologies of Australia Limited Sale Act 1994
AIDC Sale Act 1997
Airports (Transitional) Act 1996
Annual Appropriation Acts
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997
Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988, section 27, insofar as it relates to the declaration of land in the Australian Capital Territory to be National Land where the land is required for Commonwealth purposes other than for the special purposes of Canberra as the National Capital
CFM Sale Act 1996
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
Commonwealth Electoral Legislation (Provision of Information) Act 2000
Commonwealth Funds Management Limited Act 1990
Commonwealth Vehicles (Registration and Exemption from Taxation) Act 1997
CSL Sale Act 1993
Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022
DisabilityCare Australia Fund Act 2013
Emergency Response Fund Act 2019
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia 2021, insofar as it relates to superannuation and death and disability (Division 3 Part 1 of Chapter 4) and the determination of the rate of superannuation payable (Section 119 of Division 2 of Part 1 of Chapter 4)
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997
Future Drought Fund Act 2019
Future Fund Act 2006
Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011
Governor-General Act 1974, sections 2A, 2B, 2C, 4, 4A, 4AA, 4AB, 4AC, 4AD, 4AE, 4AF, 4AG, 4AH, 4AI, 4B, 4BA, 4C, 4D, 4E, 5 and 16 relating to superannuation
Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Act 2018
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (Consequential Amendments) Act 2017
Judges’ Pensions Act 1968
Lands Acquisition Act 1989
Lands Acquisition (Northern Territory Pastoral Leases) Act 1981
Loan Acts
Loans Securities Act 1919, section 6
Loan (War Service Land Settlement) Acts
Medibank Private Sale Act 2006
Medical Research Future Fund Act 2015
Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
Ministers of State Act 1952
Moomba-Sydney Pipeline System Sale Act 1994, section 51
Northern Territory (Commonwealth Lands) Act 1980
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978, sections 69 and 70
Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973, insofar as it relates to superannuation and retirement benefits
Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Termination Act 1976
Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017
Parliamentary Business Resources (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2017
Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948
Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988
Parliamentary Retirement Travel Act 2002
Parliamentary Retiring Allowances (Increases) Acts
Parliamentary Superannuation Act 2004
Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014
Public Works Committee Act 1969
Qantas Sale Act 1992, except to the extent administered by the Treasurer or the Minister responsible for Transport
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
Representation Act 1983
Salaries Adjustment Act 1956
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—Superannuation) Act 2008, sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 only
Superannuation Acts
Superannuation Benefits (Supervisory Mechanisms) Act 1990
Superannuation (Distribution of Surplus) Act 1974
Superannuation (Pension Increases) Acts
Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988
Surplus Revenue Acts
Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1948
Administrative structure
Ministers of Department of Finance:
Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher - Minister for Finance
Special Minister of State - Senator the Hon Don Farrell
Secretary:
Rosemary Huxtable
Historical agency address
John Gorton Building
King Edward Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600