Here is a list of Federal Departments and Agencies our taxes support. Who knows how many Bureaucrats / Public Servants lurk behind these doors...how much money gets sucked up by useless Bureaucracy?
It would take years to clean out these departments, even to know what some actually do...
List of Departments...(19)
Attorney-General's Department (AG)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE)
Department of Defence
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
Department of Finance and Deregulation
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Department of Health and Ageing
Department of Human Services (DHS)
Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)
Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Department of Infrastructure and Transport
Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET)
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPaC)
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PMC)
Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA)
Treasury
List of Agencies...(213)
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL)
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency
Airservices Australia
Albury-Wodonga Corporation (AWC)
Animal Health Australia
Anindilyakwa Land Council (ALC)
Army and Air Force Canteen Service (AAFCANS)
Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB)
AusAID - Overseas Aid
Austrade (Australian Trade Commission)
Australia Council for the Arts (AC)
Australia Post
Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB)
Australian Antarctic Division
Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO)
Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB)
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Australian Civil-Military Centre
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Australian Crime Commission (ACC)
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL)
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
Australian Energy Regulator (AER)
Australian Federal Police (AFP)
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Australian Government Solicitor (AGS)
Australian Hearing (AH)
Australian Human Rights Commission
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
Australian Institute of Police Management (AIPM)
Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)
Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)
Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)
Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM)
Australian National Preventative Health Agency (ANPHA)
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM)
Australian Organ and Tissue Authority
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)
Australian Pork Limited (APL)
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
Australian Public Service Commission
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC)
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Australian Research Council (ARC)
Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS)
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)
Australian Solar Institute
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA)
Australian Sports Commission (ASC)
Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee (ASDMAC)
Australian Statistics Advisory Council (ASAC)
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
Australian Valuation Office (AVO)
Australian War Memorial (AWM)
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC)
Australian Wool Innovation Limited
Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA)
Board of Taxation
Bundanon Trust
Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE)
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)
Cancer Australia
Central Land Council (CLC)
Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
Clean Energy Regulator
Climate Commission
Comcare
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC)
Commonwealth Ombudsman
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC)
ComSuper
Copyright Tribunal of Australia
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CMAC)
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Creative Partnerships Australia
CrimTrac
CRS Australia
CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Dairy Australia
Defence Community Organisation (DCO)
Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal (DFDAT)
Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal (DFRT)
Defence Housing Australia (DHA)
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Defence Signals Directorate
Department of Parliamentary Services
Department of the House of Representatives
Department of the Senate
DIrector of National Parks (DNP)
DisabilityCare Australia
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC)
Fair Work Building and Construction
Fair Work Commission
Fair Work Ombudsman
Family Court of Australia (FCA)
Federal Circuit Court of Australia (FCC)
Federal Court of Australia (FCOA)
Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB)
Forest & Wood Products Australia Limited (FWPA)
Future Fund
Geoscience Australia
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation (GWRDC)
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
High Court of Australia (HCOA)
Horticulture Australia (HAL)
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA)
Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC)
Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (ITSA)
Inspector General of Taxation
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS)
IP Australia
LiveCorp
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)
Medibank Private
Migration Review Tribunal (MRT) - Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT)
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA)
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equality Council (NATSIHEC)
National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL)
National Archives of Australia (NAA)
National Blood Authority
National Capital Authority (NCA)
National Competition Council (NCC)
National E-Health Transition Authority
National Film and Sound Archive
National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS)
National Information Communication Awareness Network (Nican)
National Library of Australia
National Measurement Institute (NMI)
National Museum of Australia (NMA)
National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT)
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA)
National Portrait Gallery
National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia (NRL)
National Transport Commission (NTC)
National Water Commission (NWC)
NBN Co Limited
Office for the Arts
Office for the Not-for-Profit Sector
Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT)
Office of National Assessments (ONA)
Office of Parliamentary Counsel (OPC)
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
Office of the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services
Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner
Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA)
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC)
Office of Township Leasing
Parliament of Australia
Plant Health Australia
Private Health Insurance Administration Council (PHIAC)
Private Health Insurance Ombudsman
Productivity Commission
Professional Services Review (PSR)
Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre (NSTC)
Remuneration Tribunal (RT)
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
Royal Australian Mint (RAM)
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)
Safe Work Australia
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (SRCC)
SBS (Special Broadcasting Service)
Screen Australia
Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT)
Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC)
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT)
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Tax Practitioners Board
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
Tiwi Land Council
Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA)
Tourism Australia
Veterans' Review Board (VRB)
Wheat Exports Australia (WEA)
Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)
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