The Australian Public Service is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration, public policy, and public services of the departments and executi
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Inaugural Departmental Heads of the Australian Commonwealth Public Service-1901 Standing (l-to-r): Muirhead Collins (Defence); Atlee Hunt (External Affairs); David Miller (Home Affairs). Seated (l-to-r): Robert Garran (Attorney-General's); Harry Wollaston (Trade and Customs); Robert Scott (Postmaster-General's); George Allen (Treasury).
A Centrelink office in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Services Australia, which administers Centrelink services, is one of the largest APS agencies.
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing Australian colonies—New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia
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…services of the departments and executive and statutory agencies of the Government of Australia. The Australian Public Service was established at the Federation of Australia in 1901 as the Commonwealth Public Service and modelled on the Westminster system and United Kingdom's Civil Service. The establishment and operation…
The Sydney Town Hall illuminated in celebratory lights and fireworks marking the Inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1901. The sign reads One people, one destiny.
Governor of Queensland Lord Lamington reading the Queen's proclamation on Federation in Brisbane
This 1888 political cartoon by the Melbourne Punch depicts the anti-Chinese racism in Australia which was one of the driving forces behind the push for federation.
The Federal Oak in the gardens of the Victorian Parliament House in Melbourne. The tree was planted in 1890 by Sir Henry Parkes to commemorate the meeting of the Australian Federal Conference.