Prime Minister's Office (Australia)
| Prime Minister of Australia | |
|---|---|
since 23 May 2022 | |
| Style |
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| Member of | |
| Reports to | Parliament, Governor-General |
| Residence | |
| Seat | Canberra |
| Appointer | Governor-General of Australia by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the House of Representatives |
| Term length | At the Governor-General's pleasure contingent on the Prime Minister's ability to command confidence in the lower house of Parliament |
| Inaugural holder | Edmund Barton |
| Formation | 1 January 1901 |
| Deputy | Richard Marles |
| Salary | $607,471 (AUD) annually |
| Website | pm |
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO), also known as the Office of the Prime Minister, is the personal office of the Prime Minister of Australia that provides political advice and executive support to the Prime Minister. The PMO is led by the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff and or Principal Private Secretary and is composed of ministerial advisers assisting with party politics, media relations, and political strategy. Scholars including Professor Anne Tiernan of Griffith University and Professor James Walter of Monash University have observed the centralisation and expansion of power within the PMO over the past three decades.
The PMO should not be confused with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, which is a public service entity that provides non-political policy coordination and executive support for the Prime Minister and Cabinet's agenda or with the Prime Minister's official residences at The Lodge and Kirribilli House.