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Department of the Treasury (Treasury)

Commonwealth economic policy department; administers federal financial relationsofficial site

Runs federal financial relations with the states, administers the housing agreements and funds, and publishes the intergovernmental agreements and the acquittals made under them.

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Holds data about

A mixed record, and the register holds both halves.

Treasury publishes the intergovernmental material well: agreements, bilateral schedules, and every jurisdiction's signed acquittal under both the Social Housing Accelerator and the National Agreement on Social Housing and Homelessness. Two entries in this register began as accusations that those documents were withheld, and both were wrong.

Against that, the Auditor-General found in 2026 that Treasury reports the Commonwealth's own housing programs -- the Future Fund, the Accord Facility and the Accelerator -- only in aggregate, and does not report separately on the performance of the individual programs. See How many homes has the Housing Australia Future Fund actually finished, and where are they?.

The pattern is worth naming: Treasury publishes what the states owe it, and aggregates what it owes the public.

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NASHH Statements of Assurance and bilateral schedule reporting published pdfJurisdiction, annual; program-level within each statement 2026-09-03 49