Portfolio Commonwealth entity name Type of entity Economic sector Financial classifications Australian Business Number Enabling legislation and key governance-related details Agriculture and Resources Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Agriculture and Water 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 Section 6 Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Agriculture and Resources Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 Statutory Agency 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 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 under the Public Service Act 1999 Agriculture and Resources Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 9 and Does not engage staff 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 under 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 section 7 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Attorney-General’s 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 Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector sections 11 and 18 Part 5.9 Executive Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under 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 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 above Act Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 209 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under PGPA Rule 2014
Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Established as a single administrative entity under the section 18ZB 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 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 the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Attorney-General’s Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 2 Statutory Agency 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 the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity 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 Order Department of State Communications and the Arts Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 6 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Communications and the Arts Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999
Education Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Education (National Vocational Education and Training Regulator) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 155 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Education Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 132 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Education Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Education Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Education Corporate Commonwealth entity Unclassified section 4 Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Education Commonwealth company, limited by guarantee General Govt Sector Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Employment Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Department of Employment Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Employment Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 8A Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation
Employment Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector s 29 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity PGPA Rule 2014 Employment Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 575 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Employment Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Entity Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 696 and section 329AA Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity PGPA Rule 2014 Employment Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Employment 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 Employment 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 Employment Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Environment and Energy Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State 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 Material 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 the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity 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 Material Created by the section 7 Does not engage staff 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 State 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 enabling legislation Finance Parliamentary Expenses Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 11 Statutory Agency 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 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 Order Department of State 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 Trade Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 7 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation Foreign Affairs and Trade 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 Order Department of State Health (Quality Agency) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Health 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 the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Health Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 7 Statutory Agency under 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 under 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 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity 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 the Public Service Act 1999 Health Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4. AIHW may employ under section 19 of the Act. Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Health (Australian Institute of 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 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 Human Services (part of Social Services) Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State
Human Services (part of Social Services) (Hearing Australia) Corporate Commonwealth entity Public Corporation Material section 7 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Immigration and Border Protection Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Industry, Innovation and Science Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Industry, Innovation and Science 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 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 State Listed entity PGPA Rule 2014 Industry, Innovation and Science Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 7 Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Industry, Innovation and Science Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 4 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Industry, Innovation and Science Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 8 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Industry, Innovation and Science Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Created under and continued in existence under the Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Industry, Innovation and Science * Corporations Act company limited by shares Public Corporation Material Industry, Innovation and Science Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 6 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999
Infrastructure and Regional Development Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material and Administrative Arrangements Order Department of State Infrastructure and Regional Development Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector 06 156 887 section 12 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Infrastructure and Regional Development Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 5 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Infrastructure and Regional Development Corporate Commonwealth entity Public Corporation Material section 7 Does not engage under the Public Service Act 1999 Infrastructure and Regional Development Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 5 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Infrastructure and Regional Development Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Material section 8 Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Infrastructure and Regional Development Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 4 Statutory Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Infrastructure and Regional Development 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 and Regional Development Commonwealth company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Government Business Enterprise Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 Infrastructure and Regional Development Commonwealth company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999
Infrastructure and Regional Development Co Ltd Commonwealth company, limited by shares Public Corporation Material Government Business Enterprise TBD Does not engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 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 under enabling legislation Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector section 40 Statutory Agency the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity 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 Prime Minister and Cabinet Non-corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector Executive Agency under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity PGPA Rule 2014 Prime 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 under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity enabling legislation 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
Prime 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 under the Public Service Act 1999 Listed entity under enabling legislation Minister and Cabinet Corporate Commonwealth entity General Govt Sector 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 staff 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 staff 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 144ZA(5) 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
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