Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Agency overview
Formed	12 March 1971[1]
Preceding agency	Prime Minister's Department Department of the Cabinet Office
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Employees	1,373 (2023–2024)[2]
Annual budget	$442.4 million (2023–2024)[2]
Ministers responsible	Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister Katy Gallagher, Minister for the Public Service Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians Mark Dreyfus, Cabinet Secretary Patrick Gorman, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Assistant Minister for the Public Service[3]
Agency executive	Glyn Davis, Secretary
Child agencies	Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Australian Public Service Commission Office of National Intelligence Workplace Gender Equality Agency National Indigenous Australians Agency Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Australian National Audit Office Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations Indigenous Land Corporation Central Land Council Northern Land Council National Australia Day Council
Website	pmc.gov.au

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is an Australian Government public service central department of state with broad ranging responsibilities, primary of which is for intergovernmental and whole of government policy coordination and assisting the prime minister of Australia in managing the Cabinet of Australia. The PM&C was established in 1971 and traces its origins back to the Prime Minister's Department established in 1911.

The role of PM&C is to support the policy agenda of the prime minister and Cabinet through high quality policy advice and the coordination of the implementation of key government programs, to manage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy and programs and to promote reconciliation, to provide leadership for the Australian Public Service alongside the Australian Public Service Commission, to oversee the honours and symbols of the Commonwealth, to provide support to whole of government services, managing Australia's honours policies and perform other functions.

The department is similar but not analogous to the United States Executive Office of the President, the United Kingdom Cabinet Office, the Canadian Privy Council Office, and the New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. As well, the Australian states except for New South Wales have their own departments of Premier and Cabinet. New South Wales has separate departments for Premier and Cabinet following a change by the newly elected Premier Chris Minns effective July 2023.^[4]