Australian Government - Department of Finance

**The Department** As a central agency of the Australian Government, the Department of Finance (Finance) plays an important role in assisting government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met. Finance supports the government’s ongoing priorities through the Budget process and fosters leading practice through the public sector resource management, governance and accountability frameworks. Finance plays a lead role in advising the government on many of its strategic priorities, including providing advice to the government on optimal arrangements for the management and ownership of public assets. **Areas of focus** Finance has four key functions that reflect its purposes as set out in the Corporate Plan. - Budget and Financial Reporting - Business Enabling Services - Commercial and Government Services - Governance and Resource ManagementLLLLLLL