13.3 Portfolio Structure
On 29 May 2019, amendments to the Administrative Arrangements Order resulted in the following changes:
- the Department of Human Services was renamed Services Australia
- responsibility for whole of government service delivery was transferred from the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio to Services Australia
- the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) was transferred to Services Australia.
Figure 4: Services Australia portfolio structure (part of the Social Services Portfolio)
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MINISTER FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES MINISTER FOR THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME |
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The Hon Stuart Robert MP |
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SERVICES AUSTRALIA |
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Secretary: Ms Renée Leon PSM |
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AUSTRALIAN HEARING SERVICES (HEARING AUSTRALIA) |
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY |
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Managing Director: Mr Kim Terrell |
Chief Executive Officer: Mr Randall Brugeaud |
The department is a department of state for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999 and a non-corporate entity under the PGPA Act.
Hearing Australia and the DTA produce their own annual reports.
Also, Services Australia forms part of the Social Services portfolio (which also includes four other entities that produce their own annual reports: the Department of Social Services; the National Disability Insurance Agency; the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission and the Australian Institute of Family Studies).
Visit
https://www.transparency.gov.au/annual-reports/services-australia/reporting-year/2018-2019-84