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Prime Minister and Cabinet: Portfolio Entities

Mr Fletcher asked the Prime Minister, in writing, on 7 February 2012:

How many departments, agencies, commissions, Government owned corporations or other such bodies have been created within the Ministers portfolio since 24 November 2007 (excluding existing departments that have been re-named or merged into a larger entity), what is the name of each such entity, and how many full-time equivalent employees did each such entity have at the end of 2011.

 

Ms Gillard: The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

The only agency in the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) Portfolio that has been created since 24 November 2007 is the National Mental Health Commission (NMHC). The NMHC was established on 1 January 2012 as an executive agency. As the entity was not established until 2012, the entity did not have any full-time equivalent employees to report at the end of 2011.

The Department of Climate Change and its related entity, the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator, were established in the PM&C Portfolio on 3 December 2007. The department has since been renamed the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and both agencies transferred to a separate portfolio, the Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Portfolio, on 8 March 2010. As this department is not part of the Prime Minister's Portfolio, questions regarding staffing levels at the end of 2011 should be addressed to the relevant Portfolio Minister.

The Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government was established in the PM&C Portfolio on 14 September 2010. The department has since been renamed the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport and transferred to a separate portfolio, the Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport Portfolio, on 14 December 2011. As this department is not part of the Prime Minister's Portfolio, questions regarding staffing levels at the end of 2011 should be addressed to the relevant Portfolio Minister.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner was established in the PM&C Portfolio on 1 November 2010. The agency has since transferred to the Attorney-General's Portfolio on 19 October 2011. As this agency is not part of the Prime Minister's Portfolio, questions reg