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Steven Kennedy PSM is an Australian public servant. He was appointed secretary of the Department of the Treasury in September 2019. He previously served as secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development from September 2017 to August 2019.
The Australian Treasury was established in Melbourne in January 1901, after the federation of the six Australian colonies. [3] In 1910, the federal government passed the Australian Notes Act 1910 which gave control over the issue of Australian bank notes to The Treasury and prohibited the circulation of state notes and withdrew their status as legal tender.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Australian public servants. It includes people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. The Secretary of the Department of the Treasury is the highest-ranking public servant in the Australian Department of the Treasury .
The Treasurer of Australia, also known as the Federal Treasurer or more simply the Treasurer, is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing government revenue collection, federal expenditure and economic policy as the head of the Department of the Treasury.
Martin Lee Parkinson AC PSM (born 26 September 1958) is a senior Australian public servant.He was Secretary of the Department of the Treasury between March 2011 and December 2014. [2]
A lesser role of Secretary to the Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council was established for a short time; abolished in the early days of the Whitlam government. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Upon election to office in 1996 , John Howard established a separate Cabinet Office within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Unlike in many countries, Australia's Department of Finance does not deal with general economic policy, which is the responsibility of the Department of the Treasury. The Treasurer has a wider range of powers and responsibilities than the Minister for Finance, who has a comparatively narrower portfolio.
As of December 2023, there are 1,334 government entities reportable to the Australian Government Organisations Register. This includes: [2] [3] 191 "principal" entities, including non-corporate Commonwealth entities (such as the 20 cabinet departments), corporate Commonwealth entities, and Commonwealth companies