Summary
The New South Wales Department of Finance, Services and Innovation, was a department of the Government of New South Wales that, until its 2019 abolition, functioned as a service provider to support sustainable government finances, major public works and maintenance programs, government procurement, information and communications technology, corporate and shared services, consumer protection, administration of taxation and revenue collection, and land and property administration of the government in New South Wales, Australia.[1]
| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 1 July 2015 |
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| Dissolved | 1 July 2019 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | New South Wales |
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Department executive |
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| Child agencies | |
| Website | www |
The department was previously known as the Department of Finance and Services (DFS) between April 2011 and April 2014, and the Office of Finance and Services between April 2014 and July 2015.[2][3]
Following the 2019 state election most of the functions of the department were transferred to the newly-formed Department of Customer Service, with some functions transferred to The Treasury, with effect from 1 July 2019.[4]
Structure and responsibilities edit
Up until its abolition, the chief executive officer, entitled Secretary,[5] of the Department was Martin Hoffman. The Department was responsible to the Minister for Finance, Services and Property, Victor Dominello and the Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, Matt Kean. Both ministers were ultimately responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
The divisions of the department included:
- Corporate Services
- Government Services
- OneGov
- Land, Property and Housing
- Office of Registrar General (monitor and enforce performance of the NSW Land Registry Services)
- Property NSW
- Teacher Housing Authority
- Waste Assets Management Corporation
- Legal Audit & Risk
- NSW Public Works
- NSW Fair Trading
- Office of Finance
- Revenue NSW
- Property and Housing Group
- State Archives & Records
- Work, Health and Safety
- Insurance & Care NSW
- State Insurance Regulatory Authority
- SafeWork NSW
- Service Innovation and Strategy
- Service NSW
- SICorp
- Telco Authority
References edit
- ^ "About us". NSW Department of Finance, Services, and Innovation. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ "Department of Services, Technology and Administration (2009-2011) Department of Finance and Services (2011-2014)". State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order (No 2) 2015" (PDF). Legislation NSW. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE APPOINTMENTS". Liberal Party of Australia NSW Division. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
External links edit
- NSW Department of Finance and Services webpage Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Official website of NSW Fair Trading