© Commonwealth of Australia 2018

ISSN: 2203-8558 (print)
ISSN: 2203-8566 (online)

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About this report

This is the Secretary’s report to the Minister for Finance on the performance of the Department of Finance for the financial year 2017–18.

The report has been prepared in accordance with Resource Management Guide No. 135: Annual reports for non-corporate Commonwealth entities.

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Acknowledgements

Coordinators: Kate Charlton and Angela Di Pauli

Design and typesetting: Jade Power

Editing and indexing: NT Writing & Editing

Printing: CanPrint Communications

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