Overarching responsibilities and principal legislation

Each Commonwealth minister has executive responsibility allocated by the Governor-General under the Administrative Arrangements Order(Opens external website) (AAO). The AAO sets out which matters and legislation are administered by each department or portfolio.  

The AAO is administered by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Visit the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website for the original and subsequent amendments(Opens external website). 

Principal Acts administered by our department may be found on the AAO and include: 

Federal Register of Legislation

The Federal Register of Legislation(Opens external website) (FRL) is the authorised whole-of-government website for Commonwealth legislation and related documents. It contains the full text and details of the lifecycle of individual laws and the relationships between them. 

The Legislation Register is managed by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel. 

All legislation and related documents administered by our department appear on the FRL website. 

Guides to Social Policy Law

The Guides to Social Policy Law is a collection of publications designed to assist decision makers administering social policy law.  

Visit the Guides to Social Policy Law website to view the following: 

Status of legislation

Information on Social Services Bills is available on the bills and legislation(Opens external website) page of the Parliament of Australia website. 

Updates

Update
1 Sep 2022

Independent review of the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment

The Social Services and other Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Income Reporting and other Measures) Act 2020 (Cth) required an independent review of the chang…
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