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| preceding1 = Premier's Department of New South Wales
| preceding2 = The Cabinet Office (NSW) | dissolved = | jurisdiction = New South Wales | headquarters = 52 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | coordinates = | employees = 687 (2010) | budget = | minister1_name = | minister1_pfo = | minister2_name = | minister2_pfo = | minister3_name = | minister3_pfo = | minister4_name = | minister4_pfo = | minister5_name = The New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC), a department of the New South Wales Government, is responsible for leading the New South Wales public sector to deliver on the Government's commitments and priorities. The department provides administrative support that enables the cabinet to identify, design and implement a coordinated policy, project and reform agenda that boosts the efficiency, productivity and effectiveness across the State. The department consults and work closely with other New South Wales government departments, the Commonwealth Government, local government, business and the community to ensure responses to community needs are effective.
The Department is led by its Secretary, presently Peter Duncan (on acting capacity), who reports to the Premier, and in absence, the Deputy Premier. The Premier is assisted in administration of the portfolio by the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, the Minister for the Arts, and the Minister for Regional Youth.
On 1 July 2023, the Department will be re-split into the Premier’s Department and The Cabinet Office, reverting to the way it was before 2007.
Agency activities
The Department of Premier and Cabinet is directly responsible for the administration and implementation of government reform agenda through policy and project support. The department also plays a key coordinating role in disaster management, delivery of infrastructure such as major projects and industry and business development. Premier and Cabinet also manages workforce reforms, employee relations and essential services to support the government of the day, such as ministerial services, parliamentary counsel, cabinet secretariat and policy support.
The Department is responsible for investigating various matters as directed by the Premier and the agency Secretary.
Current structural groups and divisions
, the Department of Premier and Cabinet is divided into five groups: the Strategy and Delivery Group; the Transformation Group; the Community Engagement Group; Office of the General Counsel; and the People Group. Each group comprises a number of branches (in the People Group, teams). These groups are responsible for a number of functional areas, agencies and cabinet committees.
The five branches of the Community Engagement Group are: Employee Relations; Aboriginal Affairs NSW; Create NSW; Heritage NSW; State Archives Records Authority (SARA); and the Sydney Living Museums. Heritage NSW will be transferred to the Department of Planning and Environment on 1 April 2022.
Premier and Cabinet cluster
NSW Government agencies are broadly organised into eight groups, referred to as clusters. The following agencies are included in the Premier and Cabinet cluster, administered by the Department:
Executive agencies
Office of the Governor
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australian Museum
Election Funding Authority of New South Wales
Greater Sydney Commission
Heritage Council of New South Wales
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal
Infrastructure NSW
Library Council of New South Wales
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Natural Resources Commission
New South Wales Electoral Commission
New South Wales Ombudsman
Office of the Inspector of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission
Parliamentary Counsel's Office
Public Service Commission
Resilience NSW
Sydney Opera House Trust
Non-executive agencies
Aboriginal Affairs NSW
Create NSW (incorporating the previous Arts NSW and Screen NSW)
Agency history
In 2006 the New South Wales Government commissioned an inquiry into government administration by Dr Michael Vertigan and Nigel Stokes, entitled New South Wales audit of expenditure and assets report or more commonly the Vertigan Report.