Department of Finance and Deregulation

Department of Finance and Deregulation
Department overview
Formed3 December 2007[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved18 September 2013
Superseding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Employees1,946 (at April 2013)[2]
Annual budgetA$522m (2012)[3]
Ministers responsible
Department executives

The Australian Department of Finance and Deregulation was a Federal Government department that existed between December 2007 and September 2013. Its role was to help the Australian Government achieve its policy objectives by contributing to four key outcomes:

  1. sustainable Government finances;
  2. more efficient Government operations;
  3. efficiently functioning Parliament; and
  4. effective and efficient use of information and communication technology by the Australian Government.
  1. ^ CA 9194: The Department of Finance and Deregulation, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 December 2013
  2. ^ Australian Public Service Commission (2 December 2013), State of the Service Report: State of the Service Series 2012-13 (PDF), Australian Public Service Commission, p. 253, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2013
  3. ^ "Statement of Comprehensive Income" (PDF). Annual Report. Department of Finance and Deregulation. 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2013.