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Statement
Accountability and reporting

Public statement – Update on the independent review into the transfer of 2003 Cabinet records to the National Archives of Australia

Statement from the Secretary
Secretary

Appointment of Official Secretary to the Governor-General

The King's Birthday Honours List announced
Honours and symbols

The King's Birthday 2024 Honours List announced

Statement
Independent Review of Commonwealth funding for strategic policy work

Media Statement - Independent Review of Commonwealth funding for strategic policy work

Statement
Government

Statement – Independent review into the transfer of 2003 Cabinet records to the National Archives of Australia

decorative
Honoured Australians

Australia Day 2024 Honours

Statement from the Secretary
Secretary

Statement on the resignation of the Auditor-General for Australia, Mr Grant Hehir

A juvenile Tasmanian devil looks directly at the camera, standing in a soft field of native grass.
Government

Australia’s gift to the new King and Queen of Denmark

Media Release
Accountability and reporting

Transfer of 2003 Cabinet records to the National Archives of Australia

Vale the Honourable William (Bill) George Hayden AC: 1933 to 2023. From the collection of the National Archives of Australia.
Protocol and international visits

State Funeral for the Hon William (Bill) George Hayden AC

Women's Economic Equality Taskforce final report
Women's Economic Equality Taskforce

The Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce final report to government

Media Release
Government

Review – Port of Darwin lease