The Australian Department of Finance and Deregulation was a Federal Government department that existed between December 2007 and September 2013. Its role was to help the Australian Government achieve its policy objectives by contributing to four key outcomes:

1. sustainable Government finances;
2. more efficient Government operations;
3. efficiently functioning Parliament; and
4. effective and efficient use of information and communication technology by the Australian Government.

The purpose of the Department of Finance and Deregulation was stated as:^[4]

We provide high quality, strategic policy and financial advice to support government decision-making and improved Australian Government financial management.We deliver professional support services to our Ministers, Parliamentarians and their staff, and the Government as a whole.

The matters dealt with by the Department included:

• Budget policy advice and process
• Government financial accountability
• Shareholder advice on Government Business Enterprises
• Superannuation of former and current members of parliament and Australian Government employees
• Government asset sales
• Management of non-Defence Government-owned property
• Electoral matters (through the Australian Electoral Commission)
• Administration of Parliamentarians' entitlements
• Administration of the Australian Government's self-managed general insurance fund
• Government online delivery and information technology and communications management (through the Australian Government Information Management Office)
• Advice on the Australian Government Future Fund
• Management of government records (through the National Archives of Australia)
• Central advertising system