Governance and administration

Full list of the Senate Order on Departmental contracts.

Information on the Department's regulatory plan and information on contracts under the Senate Order on Departmental Contracts (Murray Motion).

Here you can view Department file lists as required under the Harradine Motion.

Client Service Charter (File size: 245kb)

Your rights and responsibilities and the steps that you can take if our service standards are not met. It also sets out our feedback process, so that you can tell us how well we are performing and how we can improve our service to you.

Strategic Directions 2008-10 is a statement of the Department's forward vision and priorities, which will evolve with new directions from the Australian Government and emerging technologies.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act), members of the public can seek access to documents and files held by the Department.

Links to current and previous Australian Government budget information relating to the DBCDE portfolio.