Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) Commonwealth entities and companies (179)
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Australia Business Arts Foundation Ltd
Partnerships Australia) - ^
Bundanon Trust - ^
NBN Co Limited - B, M, T, ^
Agriculture and Water Resources (9)
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - M
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Australian Grape and Wine Authority - ^
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines
Authority (APVMA) - I, ℗
Cotton Research and Development Corporation - R, ^
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation - R, ^
Grains Research and Development Corporation - M, R, ℗, ^
Murray-Darling Basin Authority - I, ℗
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation -
(Creative
Defence (11)
^
Attorney-General’s (18) - HC
Attorney-General’s Department - M
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI)
Australian Crime Commission - I
Australian Federal Police - M, I, ^
Australian Financial Security Authority - E
Australian Institute of Criminology - I
Australian Law Reform Commission
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - M, ^
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
CrimTrac Agency – I, E
Family Court and Federal Circuit Court - M
Federal Court of Australia - #
National Archives of Australia – M, E
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions - #
Australian Human Rights Commission - ℗
Department of Defence - M, #
Army & Air Force Canteen Service (Frontline Defence Services) - R, ^
Australian Military Forces Relief Trust Fund - ^
Defence Housing Australia - B, M
Royal Australian Air Force Veterans’ Residences
Trust Fund - ^
Royal Australian Air Force Welfare Trust Fund - ^
Royal Australian Navy Central Canteens Board – R, ^
Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund - ^
AAF Company - ^
Australian Strategic Policy Institute Ltd - ^
RAAF Welfare Recreational Company - ^
Education and Training (8)
Department of Education and Training - M
Australian Research Council - M
Australian Skills Quality Authority (National Vocational
Education and Training Regulator)
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority - I, ^
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Studies
Australian National University - U, ^, X
Australian Institute for Teaching and School
Leadership Limited -I, ^
Communications and the Arts (18)
Employment (10)
Department of Communications and the Arts - M
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Old Parliament House - E
Australia Council - ^
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - M, X, ^
Australian Film, Television and Radio School- ^
Australian National Maritime Museum ℗
Australian Postal Corporation - B, M, T, ^
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
National Gallery of Australia - M, ℗, ^
National Library of Australia – M
National Museum of Australia - M, ℗
National Portrait Gallery of Australia
Screen Australia - #
Special Broadcasting Service Corporation - M, X, ^
Department of Employment - M
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency
Workplace Gender Equality Agency
Fair Work Commission
Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman
Safe Work Australia
Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation
Authority (Seacare Authority)
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding)
Corporation-M, F, ^
Comcare - M, ℗
M,
Environment (9)
Department of the Environment - M
Bureau of Meteorology – M, E
Clean Energy Regulator - M
Climate Change Authority
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - I
Australian Renewable Energy Agency - M, ^
Clean Energy Finance Corporation - M, ^
Director of National Parks - ℗, ^
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust - I, ℗, ^
Finance (5)
Department of Finance - M
Australian Electoral Commission - M, #
Future Fund Management Agency - M
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation ^
ASC Pty Ltd - B, M, T, ^
Foreign Affairs and Trade (6)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - M
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
Australian Secret Intelligence Service - ^
Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) - M
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation - M, F, ℗, ^
Tourism Australia - ℗, ^
(ACIAR)
Health (19)
Department of Health - M
Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA) - I
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety
Agency (ARPANSA)
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA)
Cancer Australia
National Blood Authority - M, I
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) - M
National Health Funding Body (NHFB) - I
National Mental Health Commission - E
Organ and Tissue Authority
Professional Services Review Scheme
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - I
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - ℗, I
Australian Sports Commission (Australian Institute of Sport) - M, ^
Food Standards Australia New Zealand - I
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority - I, ℗
National Health Performance Authority - I
Australian Sports Foundation Limited - ^
Human Services (2)
(Part of the Social Services Portfolio)
Department of Human Services - M
Australian Hearing Services (Australian Hearing) - M, T, ^
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Immigration and Border Protection (1)
Social Services (3)
KEY TO SYMBOLS
Department of Immigration and Border Protection - M
Department of Social Services - M
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) - #
National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition
Agency (National Disability Insurance Agency) - M
Governance Structure or Characteristics
Industry, Innovation and Science (8)
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science - M
Geoscience Australia
IP Australia
Australian Institute of Marine Science - I, ^, ℗
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation - M, ℗, ^
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation - M, ℗, ^
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental
Management Authority (NOPSEMA)
IIF Investments Pty Ltd - ^
Infrastructure and Regional Development (10)
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development - M
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
National Capital Authority - M
Airservices Australia - M, T, ^
Australian Maritime Safety Authority - ℗, ^
Civil Aviation Safety Authority - ^
Infrastructure Australia
National Transport Commission - I, #
Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited - B, M, T, ^
Moorebank Intermodal Company Limited - B, M, T, ^
Prime Minister and Cabinet (19)
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet - M
Australian National Audit Office
Australian Public Service Commission (APS Commission)
Digital Transformation Office – E
Office of National Assessments - #
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
Office of the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security
Office of the Official Secretary of the Governor-General - ^
Anindilyakwa Land Council - ^
Central Land Council - ^
Indigenous Business Australia - M, ^
Indigenous Land Corporation - ^
Northern Land Council - ^
Tiwi Land Council - ^
Torres Strait Regional Authority
Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council - ^
Aboriginal Hostels Limited
National Australia Day Council Limited - ^
Outback Stores Pty Ltd - ^
Treasury (17)
Department of the Treasury - M
Australian Bureau of Statistics - M
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) - I, *
Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) - M
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) - *, ^
Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (ASIC) -M, I, #, *
Australian Taxation Office - M
Commonwealth Grants Commission
Inspector-General of Taxation
National Competition Council
Office of the Auditing and Assurance Standards
Board (AUASB) - #
Office of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) - #
Productivity Commission
Royal Australian Mint
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation - M, F, ^
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) - #
Reserve Bank of Australia - M, F, ℗, ^
Veterans’ Affairs (2)
(Part of the Defence Portfolio)
Department of Veterans’ Affairs - M
Australian War Memorial - M, ℗
Parliamentary Departments (4)
Department of Parliamentary Services - M, ▲
Department of the House of
Representatives - ▲
Department of the Senate - ▲
Parliamentary Budget Office - ▲
TYPES OF ENTITIES
Non-corporate Commonwealth entity is a Commonwealth
96 entity that is not a body corporate.*
Corporate Commonwealth entity is a Commonwealth entity
68 that is a body corporate.*
Commonwealth Company is a Corporations Act 2001
15 company that the Commonwealth controls.
B
Prescribed as Government Business Enterprises under the PGPA
Rules.
M
Material entities (comprising 99% of revenues, expenses, assets and
liabilities of the total General Government Sector). All Departments of
State are considered material in nature.
I
Inter-jurisdictional entities in nature (interacts with State, Territory or
foreign governments)
R
Corporate Commonwealth entities established by regulation under an
Act or by a rule under section 87 of the PGPA Act.
HC
The Attorney-General’s portfolio includes the High Court of Australia,
which is part of the Commonwealth, is an “agency” named in the
annual Appropriation Acts and is in the “General Government
Sector”. However, it is not a Commonwealth entity under the
PGPA Act, due to its status under its enabling legislation, which also
sets its employment framework.
E
Executive Agency, through an Order made by the Governor-General,
under subsection 65(1) of the Public Service Act 1999
*
3 entities have a body corporate status but are prescribed as noncorporate Commonwealth entities.
Employment Arrangements
Officials are taken to be employed under Public Service Act 1999
PS Act unless stipulated by an employment related key below.
^
Entities that do not engage staff under the PS Act.
#
Entities can engage officials under enabling legislation as well as
Public Service Act 1999. These include Defence under the Defence
Act 1903, the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923.
▲
Has officials employed under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
Government Financial Statistic (GFS) Classification
GGS
T
F
U
All Commonwealth entities and Commonwealth companies are part
of the GGS unless stipulated by a GFS classification below.
Public Non-financial Corporation (Trading)
Public Financial Corporation
Unclassified entity (not classified as GGS, PFC or PNFC)
Government Requirements
℗
Subject to the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement
Rules (CPRs). All non-corporate Commonwealth entities are
subject to the CPRs.
X
Entities that are exempt, or partially exempt, from government
policy orders (section 22 of the PGPA Act).
Definitions
Listed
Entities
A listed entity is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity prescribed
by an Act or the PGPA Rules. All non-corporate Commonwealth
entities are “listed entities” except for Departments of State and
Parliamentary Departments.
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