In support of the Prime Minister’s Directive on the Guidelines for the Management of the Australian Government Presence Overseas, the department provides management services (on a partial cost-recovery basis) to other government departments and agencies with overseas representation under the DFAT Service Level Arrangement (SLA).

The current SLA was endorsed on 1 July 2017, with an anticipated cessation date of 30 June 2020.

Under the SLA, the departments provides management services to the following agencies:

• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
• Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
• Australian Federal Police
• Attorney-General’s Department
• Australian Maritime Safety Authority
• Australian National University
• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
• Australian Taxation Office
• Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
• Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
• Department of Defence
• Department of Education and Training
• Department of the Environment and Energy
• Department of Health
• Department of Home Affairs
• Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
• Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities
• Department of Jobs and Small Business
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs
• Intellectual Property Australia
• National Library of Australia
• Office of National Assessments
• Reserve Bank of Australia
• The Treasury.

The department also provides corporate and property services to the Canadian, New Zealand and United Kingdom governments under co-location arrangements.