Guidelines and Procedures
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet provides advice to other Australian Government agencies on many aspects of public administration. This section highlights some of these guidelines and procedures.
Advice and information is available by referring to the documents available for download below.
Documents
- A Guide on Key Elements of Ministerial Responsibility - RTF 235KB | PDF 179KB
- Cabinet Handbook - 5th Edition (Amended March 2004) - RTF 291KB | PDF 197KB
- Federal Executive Council Handbook - MS Word 220KB | PDF 395KB
- Government Guidelines for Official Witnesses before Parliamentary Committees and Related Matters - RTF 79KB | PDF 144KB
- Guidance on Caretaker Conventions (Updated August 2007) - RTF 229KB | PDF 187KB
- Guide to Preparing Implementation Plans - MS Word 101KB | PDF 178KB
- Guidelines for the Presentation of Government Documents to the Parliament (including Government Responses to Committee Reports, Ministerial Statements, Annual Reports and Other Instruments) - MS Word 615KB | RTF (ZIP) 1001KB | PDF 558KB
- Guidelines on the use of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms - HTML
- Legislation Handbook - RTF 960KB | PDF 485KB
- Tabling Circular No. 1/2007 - Tabling of 2006-07 Departmental and Agency Annual Reports (updated May 2007) - RTF 190KB | PDF 98KB
- Requirements for Departmental Annual Reports - Document as approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (updated June 2007) - RTF 547KB | PDF 235KB
Last Updated: 22 August 2007