Portfolio overview
Mission
The department and the six agencies comprising the Prime Minister’s portfolio share the following mission:
to achieve well coordinated, efficient and accountable public administration, supported by a values based Australian Public Service (APS).
Portfolio agencies
Figure 1 lists the agencies which comprise the portfolio, showing their planned outcomes and identifying their executive officers.
A thorough overview of the role and functions of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is presented in the ‘Departmental overview’. More detailed information about the activities and responsibilities of the other portfolio agencies may be obtained from each agency’s annual report or website.
The websites for the department and its six agencies are:
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet <www.dpmc.gov.au>
- Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security <www.igis.gov.au>
- Australian National Audit Office <www.anao.gov.au>
- Office of National Assessments <www.ona.gov.au>
- Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman <www.comb.gov.au>
- Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General <www.gg.gov.au>
- Australian Public Service Commission <www.apsc.gov.au>.
| Contents | Secretary's Review | Portfolio and Departmental Overview
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| Report on Performance
| Corporate Governance |
| Coolum
CHOGM | Appendixes | Financial Statements |
| Glossary | Subject Index
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