Government in South Australia is delivered by a number of agencies, grouped under areas of portfolio responsibility. Each portfolio is led by a
government minister
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, ...
who is a member of the
Parliament of South Australia
The Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the 47-seat House of Assembly ( lower house) and the 22-seat Legislative Council (upper house). General elections are ...
, appointed by the
Governor
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as the representative of the
Crown
A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, partic ...
.
The agencies are principally grouped around departments, each led by a
secretary
A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a ...
,
director-general
A director general or director-general (plural: ''directors general'', ''directors-general'', ''director generals'' or ''director-generals''
) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a governmen ...
or similarly title
executive officer and comprising a number of portfolios covering specific policy areas across the department and allocated statutory authorities, trading enterprises, boards, councils and other public bodies.
Agencies have varying levels of operational autonomy, and deliver one or more of frontline public services, administrative functions and law enforcement. Some are structured as for-profit corporations. Where there are multiple portfolios within a department, directors-general may be accountable to a number of ministers.
All agencies are identifiable by their corporate logo, which features in agency advertising, publications and correspondence, pictured right.
A list of articles on South Australian government agencies sorted alphabetically is available at
Government agencies of South Australia. The South Australian government maintains a list of agencies and their contact details at its website.
Attorney-General's Department
The South Australian Attorney-General's Department (AGD) brings together a diverse group of functions across justice, rights protection and public safety on behalf of the community. Agencies include:
*Office of the Chief Executive
*Finance, People and Performance
*Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit
*Legal, Legislative and Rights Protection Services (LLRPS) Division
**Legal Services
***The Crown Solicitor's Office
***The Solicitor-General
***The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
***The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
***Legislative Services
***Library
**Rights Protection and Social Justice
***The Office of the Public Advocate
***The Office of the Commissioner for Equal Opportunity
***The Office of the Commissioner for Victims’ Rights
***The Office of the Public Trustee
***The Office of the Ombudsman
***The Office of the Police Ombudsman (OPO)
**South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT)
**South Australian Employment Tribunal (SAET)
**The
Industrial Relations Court and Commission
**The South Australian Health Practitioners Tribunal
**Forensic Science SA (FSSA)
*Projects and Technology
** Office of Crime Statistics and Research (OCSAR)
*Safework SA
*Consumer and Business Services
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State Records of South Australia
Auditor-General's Department
The Auditor-General's Department provides the Parliament and public sector entities with independent professional opinions on matters related to financial management, compliance with legislative requirements.
Department for Human Services
The Department for Human Services (DHS) (previously the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (DCSI)) brings together a range of services, funding and policy responsibilities which together support safety, equality, opportunity and justice across South Australia. The Department includes:
* Community and Organisational Support
* Disability SA
* Disability Services
* Domiciliary Care
* Financial and Business Services
*
Housing SA
* HomeStart Finance
* Interpreting and Translating Centre
* Multicultural SA
* NDIS and Service Reform
* Northern Connections
* Office for Problem Gambling
* Office for Volunteers
* Office for Women
* Office for Youth
* Policy and Community Development
* Procurement and Grants
* Screening Unit
* Southern Connections
* State Recovery
* Youth Justice
Department for Correctional Services
*Department for Correctional Services
South Australian Country Fire Service
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South Australian Country Fire Service
The South Australian Country Fire Service (SACFS, commonly abbreviated as CFS) is a volunteer based fire service in the Australian state of South Australia. The CFS has responsibility as the Control Agency for firefighting and hazardous ma ...
Courts Administration Authority
*Courts Administration Authority
Defence SA
*Defence SA
Electoral Commission of South Australia
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Electoral Commission of South Australia
The Electoral Commission SA is an independent office which forms part of the Government of South Australia, and which conducts parliamentary state elections every four years.
History
In 1907 the then State Electoral Department was establish ...
Department for Education
The Department for Education delivers and coordinates children's services and schooling.
Department of Environment and Water
Department for Health and Wellbeing (SA Health)
SA Health is responsible for protecting and improving public health by providing leadership in health reform, policy development and planning:
Local Health Networks (LHNs):
*Central Adelaide LHN
**
Royal Adelaide Hospital
The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), colloquially known by its initials or pronounced as "the Rah", is South Australia's largest hospital, owned by the state government as part of Australia's public health care system. The RAH provides tertiary hea ...
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital
**Hampstead Rehabilitation Hospital
**Woodville GP Plus Health Centre
*Southern Adelaide LHN
**Noarlunga Hospital
**
Flinders Medical Centre
Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) is a major public tertiary hospital and teaching school, co-located with Flinders University and the 130 bed Flinders Private Hospital located at Bedford Park, South Australia. It opened in 1976. It serves as the t ...
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Repatriation General Hospital
**Aldinga, Noarlunga, Morphett Vale and Marion GP Plus Health Care Centres
*Northern Adelaide LHN
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Modbury Hospital
Modbury Hospital is a hospital that provides inpatient, outpatient and emergency services to a population of over 400,000 people living primarily in Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and ...
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Lyell McEwin Hospital
**Modbury and Elizabeth GP Plus Health Care Centres
*Country Health SA LHN
**country hospitals
**Ceduna and Port Pirie GP Plus Health Care Centres
**Patient Assistance Transport Schemen (PATS)
*Women's and Children's LHN
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Women's and Children's Hospital
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SA Ambulance Service
The following agencies report to a designated LHN:
*SA Dental Service
*Breastscreen SA
*Donate Life
*Prison Health
*SA Pathology
*SA Medical Imaging
*SA Pharmacy
*Biomedical Engineering
*Sterilisation
Department for Health and Ageing divisions:
*Office for the Ageing
**Adelaide Aged Care Assessment Team
**Seniors Card
**retirement villages
*Public Health and Clinical Systems
**public health
**communicable disease control
**emergency management
**health promotion
*Health Reform
**delivery of the New Royal Adelaide Hospital and Glenside Campus redevelopment
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South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) is an independent health and medical research institute in Adelaide, South Australia. The institute is housed in a purpose-built eponymous building with its iconic " cheese-grat ...
**alignment with national reform agenda
*E-Health Systems
**EPAS (Electronic Patient Enterprise System)
**information strategy
**ICT
*Health System Development
**Aboriginal health
**media and communications, intergovernment relations
**service development
*Mental Health and Substance Abuse
**mental health operations
**Drug and Alcohol Services SA (DASSA)
*SA Health Workforce
**human resources and workforce health
**organisational development and learning
*Health System Performance
**assets, finance, revenue, procurement
**records management
Legal Services Commission
*The Legal Services Commission is a
statutory authority, independent of government, "funded by both the South Australian and the Commonwealth Governments to provide legal assistance to South Australians".
South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service
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South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service
The South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) is the fire service for metropolitan and urban South Australia, as well as large townships. The Metropolitan Fire Service is constituted under the ''Fire and Emergency Services Act''.
The M ...
Department of Infrastructure and Transport
The Department of Infrastructure and Transport (renamed from Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure in August 2020) has responsibilities in relation to guiding and administering the South Australian planning and development assessment system, and for transport system and services. The department also works regularly with police in regards to motor vehicle registration, enforcement of speed limits and other road matters.
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
The
Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC) provides central agency leadership on matters that affect South Australia's prosperity. It provides economic and policy advice to support the government's strategic priorities, the state's international relationships and the management of ICT Strategy, innovation and investment. DPC publishes and advances South Australia's Strategic Plan and has expressed commitments to community engagement, excellence in service delivery and good business practice.
Its responsibilities include, among others:
*Aboriginal affairs and
Reconciliation
Reconciliation or reconcile may refer to:
Accounting
* Reconciliation (accounting)
Arts, entertainment, and media Sculpture
* ''Reconciliation'' (Josefina de Vasconcellos sculpture), a sculpture by Josefina de Vasconcellos in Coventry Cathedra ...
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Arts and culture
*Art and heritage conservation
*Community engagement
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ICT,
digital and cyber security
*Development of
Lot Fourteen
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Multicultural affairs
*Emergency management
Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA)
Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA),
formerly the Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia, is an agency focussed on driving economic growth in the state. Its aim is to "grow primary industries and drive regional development".
[ Its key areas of work include ]primary sector
The primary sector of the economy includes any Industry (economics), industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining.
The primary sector tends to make up a larger portio ...
industries (in SA, mainly agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
, viticulture
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and farming of livestock
Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to animal ...
),Biosecurity
Biosecurity refers to measures aimed at preventing the introduction and/or spread of harmful organisms (e.g. viruses, bacteria, etc.) to animals and plants in order to minimize the risk of transmission of infectious disease. In agriculture, thes ...
.
Department of Treasury and Finance
Department of Treasury and Finance, in the portfolio of the Treasurer of South Australia
The Treasurer of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for the financial management of that state's budget sector. The Urban Renewal Authority, trading as Renewal SA, lies within the T ...
, provides economic, policy and financial advice to the Government, manages the whole of Government financial management processes, including preparation of the state budget, and provides finance-related services across Government.
, the Urban Renewal Authority, trading as Renewal SA
The Treasurer of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for the financial management of that state's budget sector. The Urban Renewal Authority, trading as Renewal SA, lies within the T ...
, is within the Treasurer's portfolio.
SAFECOM
The South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission (SAFECOM) oversees volunteers and employees within the fire and emergency services sector.[ ]
SAFECOM works with are:
South Australia Police
*South Australia Police
South Australia Police (SAPOL) is the police force of the Australian state of South Australia. SAPOL is an independent statutory agency of the Government of South Australia directed by the Commissioner of Police, who reports to the Minister for ...
Department for Innovation and Skills
*Aboriginal Affairs & Reconciliation
**Aboriginal Lands Trust
* Arts SA
** Carrick Hill Trust
** Art Gallery of South Australia
** South Australian Museum
The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultu ...
** State Library of South Australia
**History Trust of South Australia
**South Australian Country Arts Trust
** State Opera of South Australia
State Opera South Australia (SOSA) is a professional opera company in Adelaide, South Australia, established in 1976.
History
State Opera South Australia was established in 1976 as a statutory corporation under the ''State Opera of South Aust ...
**Adelaide Festival Corporation
** Adelaide Festival Centre Trust
** South Australian Film Corporation
** State Theatre Company of South Australia
The State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA), branded State Theatre Company South Australia, formerly the South Australian Theatre Company (SATC), is South Australia's leading professional theatre company, and a statutory corporation. I ...
* Skills and Employment
* Strategy and Business Services
* Industry and Innovation
* International Engagement, Trade, Immigration and Higher Education
* Mineral Resources
* Energy Resources
*Energy Markets and Programs
* Resources Infrastructure & Investment Task Force
*Training and Skills Commission
*Office of the Training Advocate
*Health Industries SA
*Office for the Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement
*BioSA Advisory Board
*Office of the Industry Advocate
*Office of the Small Business Commissioner
*Education Adelaide
*Investment Attraction South Australia
*Office of the Economic Development Board
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Hi ...
* Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre, opened July 2020
State Emergency Service
*State Emergency Service
Unclassified
*Capital City Committee Directorate
*Adelaide Cemeteries Authority
* Adelaide Film Festival
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*Local Government Grants Commission
*Outback Communities Authority
The Outback Communities Authority (OCA) is a statutory authority in South Australia (SA) created under the ''Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Act 2009''. It has been established to "manage the provision of public services and ...
*Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing
*South Australian Sports Institute[http://www.sasi.sa.gov.au/]
See also
* Government of South Australia
References
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