Department of Finance (Australia)

Department of Finance

The John Gorton building, head office of the Department of Finance, in Parkes, ACT.
Department overview
Formed	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
Preceding Department	Department of Finance and Deregulation
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	King Edward Terrace, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory
Ministers responsible	Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance and Special Minister of State Peter Hendy, Assistant Minister for Finance and Assistant Cabinet Secretary
Department executives	Rosemary Huxtable, Secretary (2016–present) Jane Halton, Secretary (2014–16)
Child agencies	Australian Electoral Commission Australian Government Information Management Office Australian Government Future Fund Comcover
Website	www.finance.gov.au

The Australian Department of Finance is a department of the Government of Australia that is charged with the responsibility of assisting the government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met, particularly with regard to expenditure, financial management, and the operations of government.

The head of the department is the Secretary of the Department of Finance, presently Rosemary Huxtable PSM, who reports to the Minister for Finance and Special Minister of State, presently Senator the Hon. Mathias Cormann. He is assisted in his administration of the department by the Assistant Minister for Finance and Assistant Cabinet Secretary, presently Dr Peter Hendy MP.

The head office of the department is located in the John Gorton building on King Edward Terrace, in the Canberra suburb of Parkes, in the Australian Capital Territory.

The Department of Finance was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013 and replaced the functions previously performed by the former Department of Finance and Deregulation. In an earlier reconstruction, the department was called the Department of Finance and Administration.

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