Commonwealth agencies

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Commonwealth agencies are the various governmental bodies and departments that operate under the authority of the Australian federal (Commonwealth) government to administer national laws, policies, and services.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf type of government agency ⓘ
accountableTo Australian Government ministers ⓘ
Parliament of Australia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Australian Government agencies ⓘ
Commonwealth Government agencies ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
employ Australian Public Service employees ⓘ
fundedBy Commonwealth budget ⓘ
governedBy Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ⓘ
Public Service Act 1999 ⓘ
haveType Commonwealth company ⓘ
corporate Commonwealth entity ⓘ
non‑corporate Commonwealth entity ⓘ
include Attorney-General's Department ⓘ
Australian Bureau of Statistics ⓘ
Australian Communications and Media Authority ⓘ
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ
Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Australian Federal Police ⓘ
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission ⓘ
Australian Taxation Office ⓘ
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ⓘ
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry ⓘ
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ⓘ
Department of Defence ⓘ
Department of Education ⓘ
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ⓘ
Department of Finance ⓘ
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ⓘ
Department of Health and Aged Care ⓘ
Department of Home Affairs ⓘ
Department of Industry, Science and Resources ⓘ
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts ⓘ
Department of Social Services ⓘ
Department of Veterans' Affairs ⓘ
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ⓘ
Department of the Treasury ⓘ
Services Australia ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
legalAuthority Australian Constitution ⓘ
Commonwealth legislation ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal government ⓘ
operatedBy Australian Government ⓘ
overseenBy Parliamentary committees ⓘ
purpose administer national laws ⓘ
deliver national public services ⓘ
implement federal policies ⓘ
subjectTo Administrative law of Australia ⓘ
Freedom of Information Act 1982 ⓘ
Privacy Act 1988 ⓘ
supervisedBy Australian National Audit Office ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia → usedBy → Commonwealth agencies ⓘ
Commonwealth Heritage List → imposesObligationsOn → Commonwealth agencies ⓘ
Executive Government of the Commonwealth → includesBody → Commonwealth statutory agencies ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth agencies
Executive Government of the Commonwealth → oversees → Commonwealth government business enterprises ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth agencies
Commonwealth agencies → alsoKnownAs → Commonwealth Government agencies ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth agencies
Commonwealth land managers → mayInclude → Commonwealth corporate entities ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth agencies
the Watcher → enemyOf → Commonwealth authorities ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth agencies