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An informal carer is a family member, friend or community member who, without remuneration, provides care to someone within an existing relationship. Almost 2.65 million Australians care for people with a disability, medical condition (including…
His Majesty The King’s flag for AustraliaHis Majesty King Charles III has continued the tradition begun by Queen Elizabeth II for a flag to be flown to acknowledge His Majesty’s role as King of Australia. His Majesty gave approval for the flag’s…
FunctionsSection 64 of the Public Service Act 1999 establishes the Secretaries Board. Its functions are:to take responsibility for the stewardship of the APS and for developing and implementing strategies to improve the APSto identify strategic…
Senate order for the production of indexed lists of departmental and agency filesIn 1994, the Senate agreed to a motion by Senator Brian Harradine requiring that all Australian Government departments and agencies…
Overall government results
At 30 June 2021, there were 342 Australian Government boards with 2,315 filled positions. Women filled 49.6 per cent of all board positions (1,149…
The committee recommends that the Australian Government ensure relevant agencies are appropriately resourced to identify and address foreign interference and disinformation activities in Australia, including from…
The committee recommends that any future requests from the Ukrainian Government for Australian coal shipments be responded to with high priority, acknowledging the serious threat to the Ukrainian population of…
Research, data collection and the understanding of the various ways that sex, gender, age, First Nations heritage, race, ethnicity, migration status, disability and other demographics interact is complex and evolving. The existing evidence base and…
A hierarchy of documents underpins the Australian Government’s crisis management arrangements. Documents subordinate to the Framework must align with the Framework in describing their specific arrangements.Figure 1…
Continuous improvement practices draw on learnings from evaluation of exercising and crisis events. These learnings are used to identify opportunities for continuous improvement of crisis management plans and arrangements to enhance crisis…
Gender Balance on Australian Government Boards Report — Guidelines
The Australian Government is working towards a gender diversity target of women holding 50 per cent…
The best of Australian literature, history and poetry has been celebrated at the annual Prime Minister’s Literary Awards held at Sydney Opera House and via livestream.
The Awards have been presented in six categories – children's…
Where a hazard is not identified, PM&C will work with NEMA and other relevant Australian Government agencies to identify an appropriate Australian Government Coordinating Agency…
Current approach
Australian employers are highly compliant with the Act. In the 2019-20 reporting period, 97.5 per cent of relevant employers complied with the Act. WGEA works closely with relevant employers to assist them in…
Gender Balance on Australian Government Boards Report — Guidelines
The Australian Government has committed to a gender diversity target of women holding 50 per cent of…
ColleaguesWe have a unique role in Australia, serving the Government, the Parliament and the Australian people. Because of that role expectations of us are high, and rightly so.It is not always easy to separate the…
A State Memorial to celebrate the life of the Honourable Gary Nairn AO will take place at 11.00 am on Friday 22 November 2024 at the Mulloon Institute’s Home Farm rural property, 3585 Kings Highway, Bungendore, New South Wales.In 1996, Gary Nairn…
There have been improvements in women's representation in Australia's political and public life, and key leadership roles over recent decades, particularly at all levels of government.Representation of women in political and public…
The Women and Women’s Safety Ministerial Council (the Council) was convened virtually today to bring together Commonwealth and state and territory governments to drive national progress on gender equality and gender-based violence.…
ColleaguesWe would like to talk with you about the release last Friday of the findings from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.We want you to know the Australian Public Service takes the Royal Commission's findings…
Seeds of Australia’s national floral emblem, the Golden Wattle, were launched into space in December 2020 for a seven month journey as part of the ground-breaking ‘What’ll Happen to the Wattle??!’ program.
The ‘What’ll happen to…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has formally announced that the 2025 federal election will take place on Saturday 3 May 2025.With this announcement, and the dissolution of the House of Representatives by the Governor-General this morning,…
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has accepted all recommendations for the department from the independent review into the 2020 transfer of 2003 Cabinet records to the National Archives of Australia (NAA).Secretary…
During NAIDOC Week (6 to 13 July), PM&C staff took some time to attend a range of events and celebrate the history, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.Across the week, staff were able to attend a number of…