Guidelines and Procedures

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet provides advice to other Australian Government agencies on many aspects of public administration. This section highlights some of these guidelines and procedures.

Advice and information is available by referring to the documents available for download below.

Documents

Cabinet Handbook - 5th Edition (Amended March 2004) - RTF 291KB | PDF 197KB
Federal Executive Council Handbook - MS Word 220KB | PDF 395KB
Government Guidelines for Official Witnesses before Parliamentary Committees and Related Matters - RTF 79KB | PDF 144KB
Guidance on Caretaker Conventions(Updated August 2007) - RTF 229KB | PDF 187KB
Guide to Preparing Implementation Plans - MS Word 101KB | PDF 178KB
Guidelines for the Presentation of Government Documents to the Parliament (including Government Responses to Committee Reports, Ministerial Statements, Annual Reports and Other Instruments) - MS Word 928KB | RTF (ZIP) 543KB | PDF 780KB
Legislation Handbook - RTF 960KB | PDF 485KB
Standards of Ministerial Ethics - RTF 88KB | PDF 205KB
Requirements for Departmental Annual Reports - Document as approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (updated June 2008) - RTF 441KB | PDF 234KB

Commonwealth Coat of Arms and Government Branding

The Awards and Culture Branch of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is responsible for administering the Guidelines on the use of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms and the Australian Government Branding Design Guidelines. Information about the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, including a description, can be found on the It’s An Honour website.

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Last Updated: 19 June 2008