Australian Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury is an Australian Government department. Its role is to focus and develop economic policy. The Commonwealth Treasury was established in Melbourne in January 1901. The department focused on developing taxation system, land and income tax and economic policies. The department is divided into four groups, Fiscal, Macroeconomic, Revenue and Markets with support coming from the Corporate Services Division. These groups we... More
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