Department of the Treasury (Australia)

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The Department of the Treasury is an Australian Government department. Its role is to focus and develop economic policy. The department is divided into four groups, Fiscal, Macroeconomic, Revenue and Markets with support coming from the Corporate Services Division. These groups were established to meet three policy outcomes:

• Effective government spending and taxation arrangements
  The Treasury provides advice on budget policy issues, trends in Commonwealth revenue and major fiscal and financial aggregates, major expenditure programmes, taxation policy, retirement income, Commonwealth-State financial policy and actuarial services.
• Sound macroeconomic environment
  The Treasury monitors and assesses economic conditions and prospects, both in Australia and overseas, and provides advice on the formulation and implementation of effective macroeconomic policy.
• Well functioning markets
  The Treasury provides advice on policy processes and reforms that promote a secure financial system and sound corporate practices, remove impediments to competition in product and services markets and safeguard the public interest in matters such as consumer protection and foreign investment.

[edit] Secretaries to the Treasury

The Secretary to the Treasury is the public service head of the department. Below is the list of Secretaries since 1960.

Name	Dates
Sir Roland Wilson	14 January 1960 - 28 October 1966
Sir Richard Randall	28 October 1966 - 31 October 1971
Sir Frederick Wheeler	1 November 1971 - 8 January 1979
John Stone	8 January 1979 - 14 September 1984
Bernie Fraser	17 September 1984 - 17 September 1989
Chris Higgins	18 September 1989 - 6 December 1990
Tony Cole	14 February 1991 - 23 March 1993
Ted Evans	10 May 1993 - 26 April 2001
Ken Henry	27 April 2001 -

[edit] See also

• Treasurer
• Minister for Revenue
• Assistant Treasurer
• List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities

[edit] External links

• Department of the Treasury Website
• Reserve Bank Board Members

Departments of the Australian Government

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Attorney-General's | Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy | Climate Change | Defence | Education, Employment and Workplace Relations | Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | Finance and Deregulation | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Health and Ageing | Human Services | Immigration and Citizenship | Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | Prime Minister and Cabinet | Resources, Energy and Tourism | Treasury | Veterans' Affairs

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