Government and public bodies in Australia

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 247 government and public bodies in Australia.

Government and public bodies set policy, fund programs and run the economic development work that shapes a regional innovation ecosystem.

The largest concentrations are in Canberra (64), Sydney (28) and Melbourne (27).

Australia scores 68.9 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 19 of 117 economies.

See Australia on the IEPA ↗

247 government and public bodies

• Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
  Government or public body · Joondalup · wa.gov.au
• Director of National Parks
  Government or public body · Canberra · environment.gov.au
• EMBL Australia
  Government or public body · Clayton · emblaustralia.org
• Environment Protection Authority Victoria
  Government or public body · Melbourne · epa.vic.gov.au
• Family Court of Australia
  Government or public body · Dormant · Parramatta · familycourt.gov.au
• Far West Local Health District
  Government or public body · Broken Hill · fwlhd.health.nsw.gov.au
• Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
  Government or public body · Sydney · fcfcoa.gov.au
• Foreign Investment Review Board
  Government or public body · Canberra · firb.gov.au
• Forestry Tasmania
  Government or public body · Hobart · forestrytas.com.au
• Geological Survey of Victoria
  Government or public body · Melbourne · resources.vic.gov.au
• Geological Survey of Western Australia
  Government or public body · East Perth · wa.gov.au
• Geoscience Australia
  Government or public body · Canberra · ga.gov.au
• Gold Coast City Council
  Government or public body · Gold Coast · goldcoast.qld.gov.au
• Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
  Government or public body · Shepparton · gbcma.vic.gov.au
• Government of New South Wales
  Government or public body · Sydney · nsw.gov.au
• Government of South Australia
  Government or public body · Adelaide · sa.gov.au
• Government of the Northern Territory
  Government or public body · Darwin · nt.gov.au
• Government of Victoria
  Government or public body · Melbourne · vic.gov.au
• Government of Western Australia
  Government or public body · Perth · wa.gov.au
• Government of Western Australia Department of Health
  Government or public body · East Perth · ww2.health.wa.gov.au
• Grains Research and Development Corporation
  Government or public body · Canberra · grdc.com.au
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
  Government or public body · Townsville · gbrmpa.gov.au
• Health and Wellbeing Queensland
  Government or public body · Brisbane · hw.qld.gov.au
• Healthway
  Government or public body · West Perth · healthway.wa.gov.au
• Hydro Tasmania
  Government or public body · Hobart · hydro.com.au
• Inland Fisheries Service
  Government or public body · New Norfolk · ifs.tas.gov.au
• IP Australia
  Government or public body · Canberra · ipaustralia.gov.au
• Ipswich City Council
  Government or public body · Ipswich · ipswich.qld.gov.au
• Legal Aid New South Wales
  Government or public body · Sydney · legalaid.nsw.gov.au
• Library and Archives Northern Territory
  Government or public body · Darwin · lant.nt.gov.au
• Logan City Council
  Government or public body · Logan City · logan.qld.gov.au
• Main Roads Western Australia
  Government or public body · Perth · mainroads.wa.gov.au
• Melbourne Water
  Government or public body · Melbourne · melbournewater.com.au
• Mental Health Commission
  Government or public body · Perth · mhc.wa.gov.au
• Metro North Hospital and Health Service
  Government or public body · Brisbane · metronorth.health.qld.gov.au
• Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia
  Government or public body · Dormant · Perth · meriwa.wa.gov.au
• Minerals Council of Australia
  Government or public body · Forrest · minerals.org.au
• Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia
  Government or public body · East Perth · mriwa.wa.gov.au
• Moreland City Council
  Government or public body · Coburg North · moreland.vic.gov.au
• Mornington Peninsula Shire
  Government or public body · Rosebud West · mornpen.vic.gov.au
• Motor Accident Insurance Commission
  Government or public body · Brisbane · maic.qld.gov.au
• Municipal Association of Victoria
  Government or public body · Melbourne · mav.asn.au
• Murray Darling Basin Authority
  Government or public body · Canberra · mdba.gov.au
• Museum of Australian Democracy
  Government or public body · Parkes · moadoph.gov.au
• Nambucca Shire Council
  Government or public body · Macksville · nambucca.nsw.gov.au
• National Blood Authority
  Government or public body · Canberra · blood.gov.au
• National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
  Government or public body · Adelaide · groundwater.com.au
• National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
  Government or public body · Darwin · nationaltraumacentre.nt.gov.au
• National Disability Insurance Agency
  Government or public body · Canberra · ndis.gov.au
• National Health and Medical Research Council
  Government or public body · Canberra · nhmrc.gov.au
• National Measurement Institute
  Government or public body · Sydney · measurement.gov.au
• National Parks and Wildlife Service
  Government or public body · Sydney · nationalparks.nsw.gov.au
• National Water Commission
  Government or public body · Dormant · Canberra · nwc.gov.au
• NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
  Government or public body · Canberra · ndiscommission.gov.au
• New South Wales Department of Health
  Government or public body · North Sydney · health.nsw.gov.au
• New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
  Government or public body · Orange · dpi.nsw.gov.au
• North Central Catchment Management Authority
  Government or public body · Huntly · nccma.vic.gov.au
• Northern Sydney Local Health District
  Government or public body · St Leonards · nslhd.health.nsw.gov.au
• Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority
  Government or public body · Darwin · ntepa.nt.gov.au
• Northern Territory Geological Survey
  Government or public body · Darwin · resourcingtheterritory.nt.gov.au
• Northern Territory Health Services
  Government or public body · Darwin · health.nt.gov.au
• NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
  Government or public body · Sydney · nsw.gov.au
• NSW Department of Communities and Justice
  Government or public body · Sydney · dcj.nsw.gov.au
• NSW Department of Education
  Government or public body · Sydney · education.nsw.gov.au
• NSW Department of Planning and Environment
  Government or public body · Dormant · Sydney · planning.nsw.gov.au
• NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
  Government or public body · Parramatta · nsw.gov.au
• NSW Environment and Heritage
  Government or public body · Sydney · environment.nsw.gov.au
• NSW Forestry Corporation
  Government or public body · Coffs Harbour · forestrycorporation.com.au
• NSW Office for Learning and Teaching
  Government or public body · Sydney · education.nsw.gov.au
• NSW Office of Environment & Heritage
  Government or public body · Dormant · Sydney · environment.nsw.gov.au
• NSW Roads and Maritime Services
  Government or public body · North Sydney · rms.nsw.gov.au
• Oceans Institute
  Government or public body · Perth · uwa.edu.au
• Office for Learning and Teaching
  Government or public body · Sydney · education.gov.au
• Office of Multicultural Interests
  Government or public body · Perth · omi.wa.gov.au
• Office of National Intelligence
  Government or public body · Canberra · oni.gov.au
• Organ and Tissue Authority
  Government or public body · Canberra · donatelife.gov.au
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  Government or public body · Closed · Canberra · oecd.org
• Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
  Government or public body · Darwin · parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au
• Parks Victoria
  Government or public body · Melbourne · parkweb.vic.gov.au
• Parliament of Australia
  Government or public body · Canberra · aph.gov.au
• Pharmacy Guild of Australia
  Government or public body · Canberra · guild.org.au
• Phillip Island Nature Parks
  Government or public body · Cowes · penguins.org.au
• Population Health Research Network
  Government or public body · Crawley · phrn.org.au
• Port of Melbourne Corporation
  Government or public body · Melbourne · portofmelbourne.com
• Public Utilities Office
  Government or public body · Perth · treasury.wa.gov.au
• Queensland Academy of Sport
  Government or public body · Sunnybank · qasport.qld.gov.au
• Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
  Government or public body · South Brisbane · qcaa.qld.edu.au
• Queensland Department of Education
  Government or public body · Brisbane · education.qld.gov.au
• Queensland Department of Environment and Science
  Government or public body · Brisbane · environment.des.qld.gov.au
• Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
  Government or public body · Brisbane · dnrm.qld.gov.au
• Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
  Government or public body · Brisbane · premiers.qld.gov.au
• Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
  Government or public body · Brisbane · tmr.qld.gov.au
• Queensland Government
  Government or public body · Brisbane · qld.gov.au
• Queensland Health
  Government or public body · Brisbane · health.qld.gov.au
• Queensland Police Service
  Government or public body · Brisbane · police.qld.gov.au
• Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
  Government or public body · Sydney · rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au
• SA Health
  Government or public body · Adelaide · sahealth.sa.gov.au
• Safe Work Australia
  Government or public body · Canberra · safeworkaustralia.gov.au
• Screen Australia
  Government or public body · Sydney · screenaustralia.gov.au
• Seqwater
  Government or public body · Brisbane · seqwater.com.au
• Services Australia
  Government or public body · Canberra · servicesaustralia.gov.au
• South Australian Environment Protection Authority
  Government or public body · Adelaide · epa.sa.gov.au
• South Western Sydney Local Health District
  Government or public body · Sydney · swslhd.nsw.gov.au
• Sustainability Victoria
  Government or public body · Melbourne · sustainability.vic.gov.au
• Sydney Local Health District
  Government or public body · Camperdown · slhd.nsw.gov.au
• Sydney Olympic Park Authority
  Government or public body · Sydney · sopa.nsw.gov.au
• Sydney Water
  Government or public body · Sydney · sydneywater.com.au
• Tasmanian Department of Health
  Government or public body · Hobart · health.tas.gov.au
• Tasmanian Government
  Government or public body · Hobart · tas.gov.au
• Territory and Municipal Services
  Government or public body · Canberra · tams.act.gov.au
• The Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping
  Government or public body · Canberra · icsm.gov.au
• Tweed Shire Council
  Government or public body · Murwillumbah · tweed.nsw.gov.au
• VicRoads
  Government or public body · Kew · vicroads.vic.gov.au
• Victoria Police
  Government or public body · Docklands · police.vic.gov.au
• Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
  Government or public body · Melbourne · vcaa.vic.edu.au
• Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
  Government or public body · Carlton · vichealth.vic.gov.au
• Victorian Institute of Teaching
  Government or public body · Melbourne · vit.vic.edu.au
• Victorian Multicultural Commission
  Government or public body · Melbourne · multicultural.vic.gov.au
• WA Country Health Service
  Government or public body · Perth · wacountry.health.wa.gov.au
• WaterNSW
  Government or public body · Penrith · waternsw.com.au

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Cities

• Government and public bodies in Canberra 64
• Government and public bodies in Sydney 28
• Government and public bodies in Melbourne 27
• Government and public bodies in Brisbane 17
• Government and public bodies in Perth 17
• Government and public bodies in Adelaide 12
• Government and public bodies in Darwin 12
• Government and public bodies in Hobart 8
• Government and public bodies in East Perth 6
• Government and public bodies in Belconnen 3
• Government and public bodies in Parkes 3
• Government and public bodies in Parramatta 3