I would like to thank the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics for inviting me to speak today.
I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are meeting, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples.
I pay my respects to their Elders – past and present – and extend my respect to any First Nations people who are with us today.
| Grant recipient | Program | Value (GST excl.) |
|---|---|---|
| The National Australia Day Council | National Australia Day Council | $16,079,000.00 |
In October 2025, Australia attended the G20 Empowerment of Women Working Group’s (EWWG) final meeting for the year in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Working Group aims to promote gender equality, women's empowerment and inclusive economic growth. This year, the group discussed three key priority issues:
Vaping is an emerging public health issue for young Australians, with the numbers of young people (aged 14-24) vaping more than doubling from 2019 to 2022-23.
In a two-day competition, BETA and the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Behaviour Change, challenged 30 Master of Applied Psychology students to come up with an innovative and behaviourally informed solution to help young people quit vaping.
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children. We remain compliant with the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework and have zero tolerance for child harm or abuse.
We are committed to continuous improvement in safeguarding children, and to regularly reviewing our policies, procedures and practices to strengthen child safety and wellbeing across all areas of our work.
This is a statement of legal services expenditure by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet for the 2024-25 financial year, published in accordance with paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017. All figures are GST exclusive.
Total legal services expenditure was $2,128,175 (excluding GST). This comprised:
The Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet’s Annual Report 2024–25 is now available.
Over the 12 months, PM&C has worked at the centre of government to:
It has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act), the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 (PGPA Rule) and the Department of Finance Resource Management Guide No 135. The compliance index in Part 5 lists the information required by the PGPA Act and PGPA Rule and the corresponding page number within this report.