Attorney-General's: Portfolio Entities

Mr Fletcher asked the Attorney-General and the Minister for Emergency Management, in writing, on 7 February 2012:

How many departments, agencies, commissions, Government owned corporations or other such bodies have been created within the Minister’s portfolio since 24 November 2007 (excluding existing departments that have been re-named or merged into a larger entity), what is the name of each such entity, and how many full-time equivalent employees did each such entity have at the end of 2011.

Ms Roxon: The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) was created within the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio on 1 November 2010. The Administrative Arrangement Orders of 19 October 2011 transferred the OAIC to the Attorney-General’s portfolio. No other statutory body has been established in the Attorney-General's portfolio since 24 November 2007.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) was integrated into the OAIC on 1 November 2010.

As at 31 December 2011 the total full-time equivalent staff level was 79.05.