Portfolio Commonwealth body name Type of body Economic sector Financial classifications Australian Business Number Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details Agriculture and Water Resources Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Agriculture and Resources Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Agriculture and Water Resources Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Wine Australia Act 2013 Section 6 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Agriculture and Water Resources Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Agriculture and Resources Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 8 and regulation 4 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Agriculture and Water Resources Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 8 and regulation 4 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Agriculture and Water Resources Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 8 and Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Agriculture and Water Resources Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 171 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Agriculture and Water Resources Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 9 and Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation
Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 195 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector sections 11 and 18 Part 5.9 Executive Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 6 ASIO’s employment framework is set out in Part V of the Act Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Established as a single administrative entity under the section 18ZB Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 5 Executive Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014 Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 2 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation
Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Under section 27 of the above Act, the Office may employ staff Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Attorney-General’s Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 7 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Department of State Communications and the Arts Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 6 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Created by the and is continued in existence under the Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity Public Corporation Material Government Business Enterprise Created by the and is continued in existence under the section 12 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999
Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 4 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 8 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5. Screen Australia can engage staff under section 31 of the above Act. Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Created by the and is continued in existence under the section 5 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Commonwealth company, limited by guarantee General Govt Sector Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Commonwealth company, limited by guarantee General Govt Sector Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Communications and the Arts Commonwealth company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Government Business Enterprise Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999
Education and Training Commonwealth company, limited by guarantee General Govt Sector Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Environment and Energy Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Department of Environment and Energy Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 5 Executive Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Environment and Energy Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 11 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Environment and Energy Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 10 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Environment and Energy Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Environment and Energy Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Created by the section 7 Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Environment and Energy Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 8 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Environment and Energy Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Environment and Energy Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999
Finance Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of Finance Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 6 The AEC can engage staff under section 29 of the above Act. Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Finance Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 74 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Finance Parliamentary Expenses Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 11 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Finance (CSC) Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 CSC also has an APRA licence - Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 ComSuper merged into CSC on 1 July 2015 Finance Commonwealth company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Government Business Enterprise Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Finance Commonwealth company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Government Business Enterprise Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Foreign Affairs and Trade Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector (registered as Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research) section 4 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Foreign Affairs and Trade Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 16. ASIS may engage staff under section 33 of the Act Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Foreign Affairs and Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 7 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Foreign Affairs and Corporate Commonwealth entity Public Financial Corporation Material section 6 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Foreign Affairs and Trade Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Department of State Health (Quality Agency) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Health (ANPHA) Non-corporate Commonwealth Entity General Govt Sector section 6 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Act Rule Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 58 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999
Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 20 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 7 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Health (NHFB) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 251 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 5B Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Executive Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014 Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 8 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector (registered as Professional Services Review) section 106ZM Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Health Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 8 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Health Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 8 Statutory agency under the Public Service Act 1999
Health Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4. AIHW may employ staff under section 19 of the Act. Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Health (Australian Institute of Sport) Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 5 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Health Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Health Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 129(1) Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Health Commonwealth company, limited by guarantee General Govt Sector Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Home Affairs Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Home Affairs Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 7 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Home Affairs Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Established by the and continued in operation by the section 6. Part III of the Act sets out the AFP’s employment framework Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Home Affairs Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Home Affairs Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 209 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014
Human Services Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Human Services (Hearing Australia) Corporate Commonwealth entity Public Corporation Material section 7 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Industry, Innovation and Science (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Industry, Innovation and Science (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Non-statutory and staffed through the Department of State Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014 Industry, Innovation and Science (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector The agency includes office holders under the , the and the . Non-statutory and staffed through the Department of Listed entity PGPA Rule 2014 Industry, Innovation and Science (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 7 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Industry, Innovation and Science (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 4 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Industry, Innovation and Science (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 8 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Industry, Innovation and Science (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Created under and continued in existence under the Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Under part 6, the NTC can employ staff under either the above Act, or the Public Service Act 1999. Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities Commonwealth company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Government Business Enterprise Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities Commonwealth company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities Commonwealth company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Government Business Enterprise Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Jobs and Small Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Department of State Jobs and Small Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Jobs and Small Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 8A Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation
Jobs and Small Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector s 29 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014 Jobs and Small Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 575 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Jobs and Small Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 696 and section 329AA Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014 Jobs and Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Jobs and Small Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 103 Staffed under delegation from the Secretary to the Department of State Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014 Jobs and Small Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Corporate Commonwealth entity Public Financial Corporation Material section 6. Section 39(2) provides that section 59 of the PGPA Act does not apply to the Corporation. Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Jobs and Small Business (part of the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio) Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 38 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation
Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 40 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014 Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Executive Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014 Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4 ONA can engage staff under section 17 of the above Act Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 31 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 32 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 The Official Secretary may employ staff under section 13 of the above Act Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Prime Minister and Cabinet Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Minister and Cabinet Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 21 Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Prime Minister and Cabinet Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 section 145 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999
Prime Minister and Cabinet Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 191A. Section 193K (1) provides that section 59 of PGPA Act does not apply to the Corporation Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Prime Minister and Cabinet Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 21 Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Prime Minister and Cabinet Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector (registered as Tiwi Land Council Incorporated) section 21 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Prime Minister and Cabinet Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 142. Section provides that section 36 of the PGPA Act does not apply to the Authority Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Minister and Cabinet Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Minister and Cabinet Commonwealth company, limited by guarantee General Govt Sector Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Prime Minister and Cabinet Commonwealth company, limited by guarantee General Govt Sector Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Prime Minister and Cabinet Commonwealth company limited by shares General Govt Sector Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Prime Minister and Cabinet * Corporations Act company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Social Services Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State
Social Services Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 114B The AIFS can engage staff under section 114M of the above Act Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Social Services National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency () Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 117 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Treasury Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Treasury Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 5 The ABS can engage under section 16 of the above Act Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Treasury Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6A Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Treasury Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Non-statutory and staffed through the Department of State Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014 Treasury Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 7 APRA can engage staff under section 45 of the above Act Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Treasury Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 261 ASIC can engage staff under section 120 of the above Act Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Treasury Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 4A Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014
Treasury Commonwealth company, limited by guarantee General Govt Sector section 921U Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Veterans’ Affairs (part of the Defence Portfolio) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Veterans’ Affairs (part of the Defence Portfolio) Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 4 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Parliamentary Department Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 54(3)(a) Parliamentary Department, under the Public Service Act 1999 Parliamentary Department Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 54(1)(b) Parliamentary Department, under the Public Service Act 1999 Parliamentary Department Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 54(1)(a) Parliamentary Department, under the Public Service Act 1999 Parliamentary Department Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 64A(1) Parliamentary Department, under the Public Service Act 1999