New South Wales Treasury

NSW Treasury
Department overview
FormedApril 1824
JurisdictionNew South Wales
Headquarters
Ministers responsible
Department executive
Child agencies
Websitewww.treasury.nsw.gov.au

NSW Treasury is a department of the New South Wales Government, is responsible for state financial management policy and reporting, and providing advice to the government on economic conditions and issues in New South Wales, Australia. NSW Treasury was established in April 1824 and is the oldest continuing government agency in Australia.

Core responsibilities

Management of NSW finances

Analysis, advice and delivery

Management of NSW assets

Efficient management of NSW's cash resources is a key responsibility of Treasury. A policy & guidelines paper published by Treasury in 2010 ('TPP10–2 Treasury Banking System Cash Forecasting and Banking Arrangements') provided the state's agencies with relevant information in relation to cash forecasting requirements and banking arrangements. In 2015, the Expenditure Review Committee of the state's Cabinet directed that public sector agencies (excluding state-owned corporations and authorities specifically approved by the NSW Treasurer) would, from 1 April 2015, operate as part of the Treasury Banking System. This decision applied to all agency cash deposits held ‘at call’.

Structure

The Treasury is led by its Secretary, Michael Coutts-Trotter who reports to the ministers listed below.

Ministers

The following ministers are responsible for administering the Treasury portfolio:

Ultimately, the Ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

Current structural groups

The Treasury is divided into six service groups that perform various functions on behalf of the department:

Departmental head

Order Agency head Title Term start Term end Term in office Notes
1 Henry Lane Under Secretary for Finance and Trade 1 September 1856 30 January 1872 19 years, 27 days
2 Geoffrey Eagar 1 February 1872 28 February 1891 19 years, 27 days
3 Francis Kirkpatrick 1 March 1891 10 May 1905 14 years, 70 days
4 Charles James Saunders 11 May 1905 28 January 1907 1 year, 262 days
5 John William Holliman 29 January 1907 15 January 1922 14 years, 351 days
6 Arthur Pattrick Pearson Under Secretary of The Treasury 16 January 1922 3 April 1923 1 year, 77 days
7 John Spence Under Secretary for Finance and Trade
Director of Finance		 4 April 1923 21 November 1924 1 year, 231 days
8 Sir Bertram Stevens Director of Finance
Under Secretary and Director of The Treasury		 22 November 1924 12 July 1925 232 days
9 Clarence Radford Chapman Under Secretary of The Treasury 13 July 1925 29 July 1935 10 years, 16 days
10 Thomas Joseph Dwyer Kelly Under Secretary and Comptroller of Accounts 30 July 1935 10 May 1938 2 years, 284 days
11 Edmund Harold Swift 11 May 1938 5 January 1942 3 years, 239 days
12 Mervyn Andrew Kerr Weir 19 January 1942 31 December 1945 3 years, 346 days
13 John George Lee 2 January 1946 30 June 1948 2 years, 180 days
14 Sir John Goodsell 1 July 1948 29 April 1955 6 years, 302 days
15 Aubrey William Burleton Coady 30 April 1955 13 October 1959 4 years, 166 days
16 William Gordon Mathieson 14 October 1959 26 December 1963 4 years, 73 days
17 Edwin James Walder 27 December 1963 21 September 1965 1 year, 268 days
18 Albert John Oliver 22 September 1965 30 June 1971 5 years, 281 days
19 William Ernest Henry 1 July 1971 16 January 1977 5 years, 199 days
20 Norman Oakes 17 January 1977 23 February 1986 9 years, 37 days
21 Percy Allan Secretary of The Treasury
Chairman of the NSW Treasury Corporation		 24 February 1986 27 May 1994 8 years, 92 days
22 Michael George Lambert Secretary of The Treasury 1 June 1994 31 January 1997 2 years, 244 days
23 John Pierce 16 April 1997 2 March 2009 11 years, 320 days
24 Michael Schur 2 March 2009 28 April 2011 2 years, 57 days
– Michael Lambert (acting) 28 April 2011 3 August 2011 97 days
25 Phil Gaetjens 3 August 2011 30 June 2015 3 years, 331 days
26 Rob Whitfield 1 July 2015 31 July 2017 2 years, 30 days
27 Michael Pratt AM 1 August 2017 28 January 2022 4 years, 180 days
28 Paul Grimes PSM 29 January 2022 14 April 2023 1 year, 75 days
29 Michael Coutts-Trotter 15 April 2023 incumbent 3 years, 198 days

References

  1. ↑ "Contact us". NSW Treasury. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 "About NSW Treasury". NSW Treasury. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Cash Management | NSW Treasury". www.treasury.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Banking and Financial Services | NSW Treasury". www.treasury.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Administrative Arrangements (Public Service agencies and Ministers) Order 2023". 1 January 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Our groups". NSW Treasury. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "New Secretary of NSW Treasury Confirmed". Australia: Hawker Britton. March 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. 1 2 "NSW Treasury head quits". Australia: ABC News. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Appointment of Mr Phil Gaetjens as Secretary of the NSW Treasury". Australia: Barton Deakin Government Relations. August 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Public Service Leadership Changes" (Press release). Government of New South Wales. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Gluyas, Richard (6 June 2015). "Wide reaction to Whitfield's move to NSW Treasury". Business Spectator, The Australian. Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Michael Pratt AM Appointed NSW Treasury Secretary". Australia: Government of New South Wales. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Announcement on NSW Treasury Secretary". NSW Government. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "Minns Government public service changes to tackle state's challenges". NSW Government. 14 April 2023.
  16. ↑ "Michael Coutts-Trotter named NSW Treasury Secretary". NSW Government. 22 May 2023.