Department of Finance (Australia)

Department of Finance

The Department of Finance head office in Forrest, Australian Capital Territory, ACT.
Department overview
Formed	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Finance and Deregulation
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	One Canberra Avenue, Forrest, Australian Capital Territory
Employees	1,263 (2021)
Annual budget	A$57.521 billion
Minister responsible	Katy Gallagher, Minister for Finance
Department executives	Jenny Wilkinson, Secretary (2022–present) Rosemary Huxtable, Secretary (2016–2022) Jane Halton, Secretary (2014–2016)
Child agencies	Australian Electoral Commission Australian Government Information Management Office Australian Government Future Fund Comcover
Website	www.finance.gov.au
Footnotes
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The Department of Finance is a department of the Government of Australia that is charged with the responsibility of assisting the government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met, particularly with regard to expenditure, financial management, and the operations of government.

The administrative head of the department is the Secretary of the Department of Finance, presently Jenny Wilkinson,^[3] who reports to the Federal Minister for Finance, presently Senator Katy Gallagher.

Unlike in many countries, Australia's Department of Finance does not deal with general economic policy, which is the responsibility of the Department of the Treasury. The Treasurer has a wider range of powers and responsibilities than the Minister for Finance, who has a comparatively narrower portfolio.

The head office of the department is located at One Canberra Avenue, in the Canberra suburb of Forrest. Formerly, it was located in the John Gorton Building, named after Australia's prime minister between 1968 and 1971.