Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
	; Office headquarters in Barton, Australian Capital Territory photographed in 2012
Agency overview
Formed	12 March 1971
Preceding agency	Prime Minister's Department; Department of the Cabinet Office;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Employees	1,373 (2023–2024)
Annual budget	$442.4 million (2023–2024)
Ministers responsible	Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister; Katy Gallagher, Minister for the Public Service; Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians; Andrew Charlton, Cabinet Secretary; Patrick Gorman, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Assistant Minister for the Public Service;
Agency executive	Steven Kennedy, Secretary;
Child agencies	Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General; Australian Public Service Commission; Office of National Intelligence; Workplace Gender Equality Agency; National Indigenous Australians Agency; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; Australian National Audit Office; Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations; Indigenous Land Corporation; Central Land Council; Northern Land Council; National Australia Day Council;
Website	pmc.gov.au

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is a department of the Australian Government with broad-ranging responsibilities, including but not limited to intergovernmental and whole-of-government policy coordination, and supporting the work of the prime minister and the federal cabinet. PM&C was formed in 1971 and traces its origins to the original Prime Minister's Department, established in 1911.

The role of PM&C is to support the policy agenda of the prime minister and cabinet through the provision of high-quality policy advice, and coordination and implementation of key government initiatives. This includes management and delivery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policies and programs with a view to promoting reconciliation, leadership of the Australian Public Service (APS) and its oversight body, the Australian Public Service Commission, administration of honours and symbols of the Commonwealth, support for whole-of-government services, and various other functions.

The department is similar but not analogous to the United States Executive Office of the President, the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom, the Canadian Privy Council Office, and New Zealand’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. All Australian states, with the exception of New South Wales, have their own departments of Premier and Cabinet. New South Wales has separate departments for the Premier and Cabinet following a reorganisation by Premier Chris Minns, effective July 2023.