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Services Australia

Services Australia
Agency overview
Formed26 May 2019 (2019-05-26)[1]
Preceding agencies
  • Department of Human Services
  • Department of Social Security
JurisdictionAustralia
HeadquartersForrest, Australian Capital Territory[2]
Employees34,294 (at September 2021)[3]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • David Hazlehurst, Chief Executive Officer [5]
Parent departmentDepartment of Social Services
Child agencies
Websiteservicesaustralia.gov.au
Agency IDNAA CA 9610

Services Australia, formerly the Department of Human Services and before that the Department of Social Security, is an executive agency of the Australian Government, responsible for delivering a range of welfare payments, health insurance payments, child support payments and other support services to eligible Australian citizens and permanent residents.[6] Services Australia delivers social services through the government programs Centrelink, Medicare, the PBS and the Child Support Agency. Eligible Australian citizens and permanent residents can access many of these services through a myGov account.

The head of the agency is the chief executive officer, currently David Hazlehurst,[7] who is responsible to the Minister for Government Services, currently Bill Shorten.

Services Australia is a Portfolio Body within the Department of Social Services.[8]

  1. ^ "Our agency". Services Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ Towell, Noel (11 December 2013). "Centrelink boss Kathryn Campbell keeps three offices despite cutbacks". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013.
  3. ^ Services Australia says own staff numbers rising as union targets 'privatising' of jobs, The Mandarin, 20 January 2022, retrieved 8 March 2023
  4. ^ "Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services". Services Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Organisation structure". servicesaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ^ "New structure of Government Departments". Prime Minister of Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. ^ Skatssoon, Judy (11 December 2023). "New Services Australia chief announced". Government News. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Portfolio Bodies and Statutory Office Holders". 30 January 2023.

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