Accountability and Reporting

In this section, you will find information about the ways the department is accountable to the Australian people.

As a public service agency, our decisions must be transparent, our policies justifiable and our practices beyond reproach. We strive to achieve well coordinated, efficient and accountable public administration. The pages available in this section demonstrate how we achieve this and how you can request further information from us.

Secretaries’ Remuneration

Under section 61 of the Public Service Act 1999 the Prime Minister determines the remuneration and other conditions of employment of a Secretary. Prior to making a determination, the Prime Minister must seek the advice of the Remuneration Tribunal, the independent statutory body that handles the remuneration of key Commonwealth bodies.

The Prime Minister made a new consolidated determination on 30 June 2008

This new determination replaces the previous determination, as amended, and was published in the Special Gazette No. S136 of 4 July 2008.









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Last Updated: 21 July 2008