Table of Agencies subject to the
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act)
and type of body[2] / Economic sector[3] and financial classifications[4] / Australian Business Number (ABN)[5] / Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details[6] /
Agriculture Portfolio
Department of Agriculture,
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 24113085695 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 81098497517 / Fisheries Administration Act 1991 section 5
StatutoryAgency
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 19495043447 / Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 section 6
StatutoryAgency
Attorney-General’s Portfolio
Attorney-General’s Department
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 92661124436 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 90680970626 / Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 section 5
StatutoryAgency
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 78796734093 / Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 section 195
StatutoryAgency
Australian Crime Commission
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 11259448410 / Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 section 7
StatutoryAgency
Australian Federal Police
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 17864931143 / Established by the Commonwealth Police Act 1959 and continued in operation by the
Australian Federal Police Act 1979 section 6. Part III of the Act sets out the AFP’s employment framework.
Australian Human Rights Commission
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 47996232602 / Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 section 7
StatutoryAgency
Australian Institute of Criminology
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector / 63 257 175 248 / Criminology Research Act 1971 section 5
Australian Law Reform Commission
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector / 88 913 413 914 / Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996 section 5.
StatutoryAgency
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 37467566201 / Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 section 6
ASIO’s employment framework is set out in Part V of the above Act.
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 32770513371 / Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 section209
StatutoryAgency
CrimTrac Agency
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 17193904699 / Public Service Act 1999 section 65
It was established in 2000 under an Inter-Governmental Agreement between the Commonwealth and each of Australia’s nine police agencies.
ExecutiveAgency
Family Court and Federal Circuit Court
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector
Material / 63 684 208 971 / Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Act 2013 Schedule 2
Federal Court of Australia
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 49110847399 / Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 section 5
StatutoryAgency
Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (also known as Australian Financial Security Authority)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 63384330717 / Bankruptcy Act 1966 sections 11 and 18. Personal Property Securities Act 2009 Part 5.9.
ExecutiveAgency
National Archives of Australia
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 36889228992 / Archives Act 1983 section 5
ExecutiveAgency
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector / 85 249 230 937 / Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 section 5, StatutoryAgency
Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 41425630817 / Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970 section 2
StatutoryAgency
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 41036606436 / Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 section 5. Under section 27 of the above Act, the Office may employ staff.
StatutoryAgency
Old Parliament House
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 30620774963 / Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997
ExecutiveAgency
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2 / Economic sector3 and financial classifications4 / Australian Business Number (ABN)5 / Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details6
Communications Portfolio
Department of Communications
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 51491646726 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 55386169386 / Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 section 6
StatutoryAgency
Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector /
42 734 640 460
/ Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Act 2012 section 31Defence Portfolio
The Veterans’ Affairs Portfolio, which is part of the Defence Portfolio, is listed separately at the end of this table.
Department of Defence
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 68706814312 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order.
The Department may also engage members of the Australian Defence Force under the Defence Act 1903, the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the Air Force Act 1923.
Defence Materiel Organisation
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 68706814312 / Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997
Education Portfolio
Department of Education
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 12 862 898 150 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Research Council
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 35201451156 / Australian Research Council Act 2001 section 5
StatutoryAgency – see note (8) below
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector /
50 658 250 012
/ Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 section132StatutoryAgency
Employment Portfolio
Department of Employment
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 54 201 218 474 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector /
50 802 255 175
/Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Act 2013 section 6
Statutory Agency
FMA Act body name1and type of body2 / Economic sector3 and financial classifications4 / Australian Business Number (ABN)5 / Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details6
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (Workplace Gender Equality Agency)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 47641643874 / Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 section 8A
StatutoryAgency
Fair Work Commission
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector /
93614579199
/Fair Work Act 2009 section 575
StatutoryAgency
Office of the Fair Work Building InspectoratePrescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector /
68003725098
/Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Act 2012 section26K.
Office of the Fair Work OmbudsmanPrescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector /
71141751477
NB registered as Office of the Workplace Ombudsman
/Fair Work Act 2009 section 696
Safe Work AustraliaPrescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 81840374163 /
Safe Work Australia Act 2008 section 5
StatutoryAgencySeafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority (Seacare Authority)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 32745854352 / Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 section 103
Environment Portfolio
Department of Environment,
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 34190894983 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Bureau of Meteorology
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 92637533532 / Meteorology Act 1955 section 5
ExecutiveAgency
Clean Energy Regulator
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector /
72 321 984 210
/ Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011 section 11StatutoryAgency
Climate Change Authority
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector / 60 585 018 782 / Climate Change Authority Act 2011 section 10
StatutoryAgency
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 12949356885 / Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act1975 section 6
StatutoryAgency
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 13679821382 / Water Act 2007 section 171
StatutoryAgency
National Water Commission
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 94364176431 / National Water Commission
Act 2004 section 6
StatutoryAgency
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2 / Economic sector3 and financial classifications4 / Australian Business Number (ABN)5 / Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details6
Finance Portfolio
Department of Finance and Deregulation
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 61970632495 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Electoral Commission
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 21133285851 / Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 section 6. The AEC can engage staff under section 29 of the above Act.
StatutoryAgency
ComSuper
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 77310752950 / Comsuper Act 2011 section 4 StatutoryAgency
Future Fund Management Agency
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 53156699293 / Future Fund Act 2006 section 74
StatutoryAgency
Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 47065634525 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 34864955427
NB Registered as Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research / Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Act 1982 section4
StatutoryAgency
Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 49667785014 / Intelligence Services Act 2001 section16. ASIS may engage staff under section 33 of the above Act.
Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 11764698227 / Australian Trade Commission Act 1985 section 7
StatutoryAgency
Health Portfolio
Department of Health
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 83605426759 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA)
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector /
33965140953
/Australian National Preventive Health Agency Act 2010 section 6
StatutoryAgency
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 61321195155 / Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 section 58
StatutoryAgency
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2 / Economic sector3 and financial classifications4 / Australian Business Number (ABN)5 / Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details6
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 91592527503 / Australian Sports and Anti Doping Authority Act 2006 section 20
StatutoryAgency
Cancer Australia
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 21075951918 / Cancer Australia Act 2006 section 6
StatutoryAgency
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 27 598 959 960 / National Health Reform Act 2011 subsection 129 (1)
StatutoryAgency
National Blood Authority
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 87361602478 / National Blood Authority Act 2003 section 7
StatutoryAgency
National Health Funding Body (NHFB)
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector / 15 337 761 242 / National Health Reform Act 2011 section 251
StatutoryAgency
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 88601010284 / National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 section5B
StatutoryAgency
National Health Performance Authority
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 19 620 357 003 / National Health Reform Act 2011 section 59
StatutoryAgency
National Mental Health Commission
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 83 537 016 476 / Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997
ExecutiveAgency
Organ and Tissue Authority (Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 56253405315 / Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008 section 8
StatutoryAgency
Private Health Insurance Ombudsman
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 61673137709 / Private Health Insurance Act 2007 section 238-1
StatutoryAgency
Professional Services Review Scheme
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 45307308260
NB registered as Professional Services Review / Health Insurance Act 1973 section106ZM
StatutoryAgency
Human Services Portfolio
Department of Human Services
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 90794605008 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Immigration and Border Protection Portfolio
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 33380054835 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2 / Economic sector3 and financial classifications4 / Australian Business Number (ABN)5 / Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details6
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 66015286036 / Established by the Customs Act 1901 and continued in operation by the Customs Administration Act 1985 section 4
StatutoryAgency
Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal
(MRT-RRT)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 50760799564 / Migration Act 1958 section 394 and section 457
StatutoryAgency
Industry Portfolio
Department of Industry
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 74599608295 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Skills Quality Authority (National Vocational Education and Training Regulator)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector /
72 581 678 650
/National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 section 155
StatutoryAgency
Geoscience AustraliaPrescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 80091799039 / Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997
IP Australia
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 38113072755 / The agency includes office holders under the Designs Act 2003, the Patents Act 1990 and the Trade Marks Act 1995.
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 22385178289 / Created under Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 and continued in existence under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.
StatutoryAgency
Infrastructure and Regional Development Portfolio
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 86267354017 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 86267354017 / Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 section 12
StatutoryAgency
National Capital Authority
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 75149374427 / Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988 section 5
StatutoryAgency
Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 18108001191 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian National Audit Office
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 33020645631 / Auditor-General Act 1997 section38
StatutoryAgency
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2 / Economic sector3 and financial classifications4 / Australian Business Number (ABN)5 / Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details6
Australian Public Service Commission (APS Commission)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 99470863260 / Public Service Act 1999 section 40
StatutoryAgency
Office of National Assessments
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 87904367991 / Office of National Assessments Act 1977 section 4. ONA can engage staff under section 17 of the above Act.
StatutoryAgency
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 53003678148 / Ombudsman Act 1976 section 31
StatutoryAgency
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 67332668643 / Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 section 32
StatutoryAgency
Office of the Official Secretary to the GovernorGeneral
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 67582329284 / Governor-General Act 1974 section6. The Official Secretary may employ staff under section 13 of the above Act.
Social Services Portfolio
Department of Social Services
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 36342015855 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Prescribed Agency / General Government Sector /
64 001 053 079
/ Family Law Act 1975 section 114B. The AIFS can engage staff under section 114M of the above Act.StatutoryAgency
Treasury Portfolio
Department of the Treasury
Department of State / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 92802414793 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 26331428522 / Australian Bureau of Statistics
Act 1975 section 5. The ABS can engage staff under section 16 of the above Act.
StatutoryAgency
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 94410483623 / Competition and Consumer Act2010 section6A
StatutoryAgency
Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 13059525039 / Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 79635582658 / Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 section 7
APRA can engage staff under section 45 of the above Act.
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2 / Economic sector3 and financial classifications4 / Australian Business Number (ABN)5 / Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details6
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
(ASIC)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 86768265615 / Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001 section 261. ASIC can engage staff under section 120 of the above Act.
StatutoryAgency
Australian Taxation Office
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 51824753556 / Taxation Administration Act 1953 section 4A
StatutoryAgency
Commonwealth Grants Commission
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 64703642210 / Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973 section 7. Staffed under delegation from the Secretary to the Department of the Treasury.
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 41574479010 / Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001 section 261. CAMAC can engage staff under section 156 of the above Act.
StatutoryAgency
Inspector-General of Taxation
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 51248702319 / Inspector-General of Taxation
Act 2003 section 6
StatutoryAgency
National Competition Council
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 56552760098 / Competition and Consumer Act2010 section29A
StatutoryAgency
Office of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
(AUASB)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 80959780601 / Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001 section227AA. AUASB can engage staff under section 227AB of the above Act.
StatutoryAgency
Office of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB)
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 92702019575 / Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001 section 226. AASB can engage staff under section 226A of the above Act.
StatutoryAgency
Productivity Commission
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 78094372050 / Productivity Commission Act 1998 section 5
StatutoryAgency
Royal Australian Mint
Prescribed Agency / GeneralGovernmentSector / 45852104259 / Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997
Veterans’ Affairs Portfolio
The Veterans’ Affairs Portfolio is part of the Defence Portfolio, which is listed separately above.
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Department of State / Department of State,
GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 23964290824 / Australian Constitution and Administrative Arrangements Order
Parliamentary Departments
Department of the House of Representatives
Parliamentary Department / GeneralGovernmentSector / 18526287740 / Parliamentary Service Act 1999 paragraph 54(1)(b)
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2 / Economic sector3 and financial classifications4 / Australian Business Number (ABN)5 / Enabling legislation and other key governance-related details6
Department of Parliamentary Services
Parliamentary Department / GeneralGovernmentSector,
Material / 52997141147 / Parliamentary Service Act 1999 paragraph 54(3)(a)
Department of the Senate
Parliamentary Department / GeneralGovernmentSector / 23991641527 / Parliamentary Service Act 1999 paragraph 54(1)(a)
Parliamentary Budget Office
Parliamentary Department / GeneralGovernmentSector /
49 775 240 532