Output Group 4—Support services for government operations

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• Group outputs
• Description

Group outputs

Output Group 4
Support services for government operations

Output 4.1
Cabinet Secretariat

Output 4.2
Cabinet Implementation Unit

Output 4.3
Machinery of government

Output 4.4
Government communications

Output 4.5
Support to official establishments

Output 4.6
Support for ministerial offices

Output 4.7
Ceremonial and hospitality

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Description

At 30 June 2005, Output Group 4 comprised seven outputs and functionally consisted of:

• Cabinet Secretariat
• Cabinet Implementation Unit
• Government Division
• People, Resources and Communications Division
• People and Resource Management Branch (which provides outputs 4.5 and 4.6)
• Ceremonial and Hospitality Branch (CERHOS).

Group 4 outputs include:

• provision of support services for government operations, including coordination of Cabinet and Executive Council business
• provision of policy advice on parliamentary, machinery of government, legal and cultural issues
• coordination of government communications
• administration of the Prime Minister’s official establishments
• provision of policy advice on, and coordination and promotion of, national awards and symbols
• administration of the state occasions and official visits programme.

Administered items

Output Group 4 reports on each administered item as part of the relevant output’s performance report, as follows:

• 4.3—National Australia Day Council
• 4.4—Media Commissions Special Account
• 4.5—Prime Minister’s official residences
• 4.6—allowances and support to former Governors-General
• 4.7—state occasions and official visits.

Outputs 4.1 and 4.2 had no administered items on which to report in the 2004–05 financial year.