The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2018–19 and other PM&C corporate publications are also available through the whole-of-government Transparency Portal, the central repository of publicly available corporate information for all Commonwealth bodies.
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2019–20 and other PM&C corporate publications are also available through the whole-of-government Transparency Portal, the central repository of publicly available corporate information for all Commonwealth bodies.
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.
In January 2020, as early stories began to emerge of a new and worrying coronavirus circulating in China, ‘quarantine’ was a term largely from the history books. Some Australians had heard of the ‘Spanish’ flu and knew of the quarantine stations used to isolate arrivals over 100 years ago. Most Australians had no or very limited awareness of modern uses for quarantine other than for animals.
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet contributes to a number of important measures announced in the Budget including:
On 18 December 2023, the Final Report of the Australian Social Impact Investing Taskforce was released. The release of the report follows the Treasurer’s Investor Roundtable session on Social Impact Investing on 5 December 2023.
The Social Impact Investing (SII) Taskforce, chaired by Mr Michael Traill AM, was established in 2019 to develop a strategy for the Australian Government’s role in the Social Impact Investing market.
In November 2020, the Taskforce submitted its Final Report of the Australian Social Impact Investing Taskforce (the Final Report). In 2022, the Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, asked the Taskforce’s Expert Panel to review, update and resubmit the Final Report. The Expert Panel submitted their updated Impact Investing Taskforce Expert Panel Update and Review of Final Report (the Update) in December 2022.
The Final Report and the Update are available on the Treasury website.
Further information about the Taskforce, its Terms of Reference and the Interim Report is available below.
PM&C provides advice to support the government's consideration of foreign and national security policy. We use coordinated, whole-of-government, and whole-of-nation approaches to meet the strategic challenges Australia faces.
Against the backdrop of intensifying strategic competition, PM&C supports initiatives which promote Australia’s interests, and deter and defend against any actions that could damage them.
We also support work with international partners to:
We provide clear and persuasive advice to the government on how it might best tackle the significant issues facing Australia. Our priorities include:
The 2011 report of the Independent Review of the Intelligence Community (the Review) was the first comprehensive review of the Australian intelligence community since the 2004 inquiry conducted by Mr Philip Flood AO. The Flood inquiry recommended that Australia's intelligence agencies undergo external review every five to seven years.
The Review found that Australia's intelligence agencies are performing well following a period of significant growth to deal with the security challenges of the 9/11 decade.
Other findings were that:
Update (25 October 2023): On 17 October 2023, amendments to the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 commenced, implementing 11 of the Review’s 15 recommendations. The remaining 4 recommendations will be implemented by the statutory Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (PWSS) which commenced on 1 October 2023.
The PM&C led Review of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (MOP(S) Act) was published on 7 October 2022 .