Portfolio Overview

Page Index

• Mission
• Portfolio agencies

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.

Portfolio agencies

Figure 1 lists the agencies which comprise the portfolio, showing their planned outcomes and identifying their executive officers.

An overview of the role and functions of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is presented in the Departmental Overview below. More detailed information about the activities and responsibilities of the other portfolio agencies, which are administered under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, 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.pmc.gov.au
• Office of the 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.ombudsman.gov.au
• Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General, www.gg.gov.au
• Australian Public Service Commission, www.apsc.gov.au.

Figure 1 Structure of Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio, 2003–04

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