Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)

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The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is an Australian Government department. The Department was first established in 1911. Its role is to ensure that policy proposals put to the Prime Minister and to Cabinet are developed in a coherent, informed and coordinated fashion, to co-ordinate the implementation of key government programmes, to support official visits, ceremonies and state occasions and, to manage the operations of the official residences. The responsibilities of the Department are considerably wider than in most other Westminster systems, although the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in New Zealand has similar responsibilites.

The Secretary of the Department is the equivalent of the Cabinet Secretary in Britain or the Clerk of the Privy Council in Canada. The Department is organised into a Cabinet Division, an Economic Division, an Industry, Infrastructure and Environment Division, an International Division, a National Security Division, a Social Policy Division and a People, Resources and Communications Division and numerous Task Forces to deal with particular problems.

[edit] See also

• Prime Minister of Australia
• List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities

[edit] External links

• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Website

Australian Government Departments

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Attorney-General's | Communications, Information Technology and the Arts | Defence | Education, Science and Training | Employment and Workplace Relations | Environment and Heritage | Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | Finance and Administration | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Health and Ageing | Human Services | Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | Industry, Tourism and Resources | Prime Minister and Cabinet | Transport and Regional Services | Treasury