Department of Finance (Australia)

Department of Finance
	; The Department of Finance head office in Forrest, Australian Capital Territory, ACT.
Department overview
Formed	18 September 2013
Preceding Department	Department of Finance and Deregulation;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	1 Canberra Avenue, Forrest, Australian Capital Territory
Employees	1,263 (2021)
Annual budget	A$57.521 billion
Minister responsible	Katy Gallagher, ; Minister for Finance;
Department executives	Matt Yannopoulos, Secretary (2025–present); Jenny Wilkinson, Secretary (2022–2025); Rosemary Huxtable, Secretary (2016–2022); Jane Halton, Secretary (2014–2016);
Child agencies	Australian Electoral Commission; Australian Government Information Management Office; Australian Government Future Fund; Comcover;
Website	www.finance.gov.au
Footnotes

The Department of Finance is a department of the Government of Australia that is charged with the responsibility of assisting the government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met, particularly with regard to expenditure, financial management, and the operations of government.

The administrative head of the department is the Secretary of the Department of Finance, presently Matt Yannopoulos, who reports to the Federal Minister for Finance, presently Senator Katy Gallagher.

Unlike in many countries, Australia's Department of Finance has a broad range of responsibilities across many economic areas, not limited to advising on Government programs and policy. These include directly administering programs and responsibilities, and having several corporate areas and sub-agencies administered within them.

The head office of the department is located at One Canberra Avenue, in the Canberra suburb of Forrest. Formerly, it was located in the John Gorton Building, named after Australia's prime minister between 1968 and 1971.