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Department of Finance (1976-1997)

Department of Finance
Department overview
Formed 7 December 1976
Preceding Department
Dissolved 9 October 1997
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Canberra
Employees 587 (at 30 June 1997)
Department executives

The Department of Finance (also called DoF) was an Australian government department with the mission to support and promote excellence in Commonwealth financial management and budgeting, and in program performance throughout the public sector. The department existed between December 1976 and October 1997.

The department was split from the Department of the Treasury in 1976 with the aim to separate financial oversight functions from economic policy functions generally, emulating changes Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau had introduced to his government.

The Department's mission was to support and promote excellence in Commonwealth financial management and budgeting, and in program performance throughout the public sector.

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the department's annual reports and on the department's website.

At its creation, the Department dealt with:

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials responsible to the Minister for Finance.



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