Role and Statement of Purpose
Role
The Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance) plays an important facilitation role at the centre of the Commonwealth Government. Finance helps the Government achieve its policy objectives by contributing to four key outcomes.- Sustainable Government finances - assisting the government to meet its fiscal objectives through activities such as providing whole-of-government advice on expenditure policy, help prepare the Australian Government budget, and providing whole-of-government financial reporting.
- Improved and more efficient Government operations - providing business services such as managing the Australian Government's self-managed insurance fund and non-Defence property portfolio within Australia, undertaking shareholder oversight of GBEs, and managing the asset sales programme.
- An efficiently functioning Parliament - providing support to parliamentarians and their employees including management of travel and other entitlements.
- Effective and efficient use of information and communication technology by the Australian Government - providing strategic advice, guidance and service provision for the productive application of new and existing information and communication technologies to government operations.
Statement of Purpose
Finance's statement of purpose is as follows:
"We provide high quality, strategic policy and financial advice to support government decision-making and improved Australian Government financial management.
We deliver professional support services to our Ministers, Parliamentarians and their staff, and the Government as a whole."
The Finance Corporate Plan
Corporate Plan 2005/06 – 2008/09
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