Minister for Finance of Australia

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Australian Cabinet position government ministerial role

The Minister for Finance of Australia is a senior cabinet role responsible for overseeing federal government expenditure, budget management, and financial policy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Australian Minister for Finance	1
Minister for Finance (Australia)	1
Minister for Finance of Australia canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3256094 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister for Finance of Australia
Context triple: [Kim Beazley, heldPosition, Minister for Finance of Australia]

A. Minister of Finance of New Zealand
The Minister of Finance of New Zealand is the senior government minister responsible for overseeing the country’s economic policy, budget, and public finances.
B. Minister of Finance
The Minister of Finance is a senior government official responsible for overseeing public finances, including budgeting, taxation, and economic policy.
C. Cabinet Secretary for Finance
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance is the senior Scottish Government minister responsible for setting and overseeing Scotland’s budget, taxation policy, and overall financial strategy.
D. Minister of Finance and Economic Development
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development is the senior government official responsible for managing Zimbabwe’s national budget, economic policy, and overall financial strategy.
E. Minister of Finance of Japan
The Minister of Finance of Japan is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s fiscal policy, national budget, taxation, and public finance administration.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister for Finance of Australia
Target entity description: The Minister for Finance of Australia is a senior cabinet role responsible for overseeing federal government expenditure, budget management, and financial policy.

A. Minister of Finance of New Zealand
The Minister of Finance of New Zealand is the senior government minister responsible for overseeing the country’s economic policy, budget, and public finances.
B. Minister of Finance
The Minister of Finance is a senior government official responsible for overseeing public finances, including budgeting, taxation, and economic policy.
C. Cabinet Secretary for Finance
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance is the senior Scottish Government minister responsible for setting and overseeing Scotland’s budget, taxation policy, and overall financial strategy.
D. Minister of Finance and Economic Development
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development is the senior government official responsible for managing Zimbabwe’s national budget, economic policy, and overall financial strategy.
E. Minister of Finance of Japan
The Minister of Finance of Japan is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s fiscal policy, national budget, taxation, and public finance administration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian Cabinet position ⓘ government ministerial role ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Australian Minister for Finance ⓘ linked to: Minister for Finance of Australia Finance Minister of Australia ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
associatedAct	Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998 ⓘ Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ⓘ
cabinetRank	senior minister ⓘ
constitutionalSystem	Westminster system ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
field	fiscal policy ⓘ public finance ⓘ
firstHolder	Eric Robinson ⓘ
formationYear	1977 ⓘ
hasMinisterialTitle	Minister for Finance ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
legalBasis	Administrative Arrangements Orders (Australia) ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
locatedInGovernmentBody	Parliament of Australia ⓘ
memberOf	Australian Government ⓘ linked to: Australian government
nominatedBy	Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ linked to: Prime Minister
officeType	ministerial portfolio ⓘ
oversees	Australian Government budget management ⓘ Commonwealth financial policy ⓘ federal government expenditure of Australia ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of Australia ⓘ
policyArea	Commonwealth budgeting ⓘ asset and property management policy ⓘ government expenditure review ⓘ public sector governance ⓘ shared services and procurement policy ⓘ
portfolio	Department of Finance (Australia) ⓘ
portfolioAgency	Australian National Audit Office (oversight relationship) ⓘ linked to: Australian National Audit Office Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (policy oversight) ⓘ Department of Finance (Australia) ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of Australia ⓘ Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ linked to: Prime Minister
responsibility	budget policy coordination ⓘ efficiency of government spending ⓘ expenditure control ⓘ financial management framework of the Commonwealth ⓘ implementation of savings measures ⓘ monitoring of government agencies’ finances ⓘ oversight of public sector finances ⓘ
seat	Canberra ⓘ
style	The Honourable ⓘ linked to: The Honorable
worksWith	Treasurer of Australia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Kim Beazley → heldPosition → Minister for Finance of Australia ⓘ

Minister for Finance of Australia → alsoKnownAs → Australian Minister for Finance ⓘ

linked to: Minister for Finance of Australia

Treasurer of Australia → worksWith → Minister for Finance (Australia) ⓘ