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Departments and agencies under the Committee's oversight

For a comprehensive list of the matters dealt with by each Department of State, and the legislation administered by each Minister, see the Administrative Arrangements Order.

Parliamentary departments*

• Department of Parliamentary Services
• Department of the Senate

Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio

• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Department of Climate Change
• Australian Institute of Family Studies
• Australian National Audit Office
• Australian Public Service Commission
• National Archives of Australia
• National Australia Day Council
• Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
• Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
• Office of National Assessments
• Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner
• Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
• Old Parliament House

Finance and Deregulation Portfolio

• Department of Finance and Deregulation
• ASC Pty Ltd (formerly the Australian Submarine Corporation)
• Australian Electoral Commission
• Australian Industry Development Corporation**
• Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA)
• Australian River Company Ltd**
• Australian Technology Group Ltd**
• ComSuper
• Future Fund Management Agency
• Medibank Private Ltd
• Telstra Sale Company Ltd**

Human Services Portfolio

• Department of Human Services
• Australian Hearing
• Centrelink
• Child Support Agency
• Commonwealth Rehabilitation Services (CRS Australia)
• Health Services Australia
• Medicare Australia (formerly the Health Insurance Commission)

* As a matter of comity between the Houses, it is traditional that neither House inquires into the operations of the other House. For this reason, neither the annual report of, nor the proposed expenditure for, the Department of the House of Representatives is referred to a Senate committee for review.

**These Commonwealth authorities and companies do not currently have a  website presence

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