Administrative Arrangements Order - 5 December 2019 (original) (raw)

Administrative Arrangements Order (AAOs) formally allocate executive responsibility among ministers. They set out which matters and legislation are administered by which department or portfolio.

Amendments made 5 March 2020 and 2 April 2020

Summary of Changes

The new AAO reflects the following changes:

• Transfer employment and skills functions to the renamed Department of Education, Skills and Employment.
• Transfer agriculture functions to the renamed Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
• Transfer small business and energy functions to the renamed Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.
• Transfer communications and arts functions to the renamed Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.
• The Department known as Services Australia (formerly known as the Department of Human Services) will be established as a new Executive Agency, within the Social Services Portfolio.