Secretary of the Department The secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is the head of the department, also known as the secretary of the level of Senior Executive Service Band 4 in the Australian Public Service as per the Public Service Act 1999. The secretary of the department is the equivalent of the Cabinet Secretary in the United Kingdom or the Clerk of the Privy Council in Canada. The position of Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet should not be confused with the position of Cabinet Secretary which has been both a ministerial position within the Cabinet and a political staffer within the Prime Minister's Office. The secretary is supported by a senior executive of the department, composed of the Senior Executive Service Band 3 officials of deputy secretaries across the portfolio groups of the department. Functions In an Administrative Arrangements Order made on 1 September 2016 with an amendment on 27 October 2016, the functions of the department were broadly classified into the following matters: Advice to the Prime Minister across Government on policy and implementation Assistance to the Prime Minister in managing the Cabinet programme Whole of government national security and intelligence policy co-ordination Intergovernmental relations and communications with State and Territory Governments Co-ordination of Government administration Australian Government employment workplace relations policy, including equal employment opportunity and administration of the framework for agreement making and remuneration and conditions Australian honours and symbols policy Government ceremonial and hospitality Commonwealth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, programmes and service delivery Promotion of reconciliation Community development employment projects Women’s policies and programmes Public data policy and related matters Official Establishments, ownership and property management of the Prime Minister’s official residences National child protection policy and strategy Organisational structure The structure of PM&C is organised along four policy and program groups: the Domestic Policy Group (responsible for cities, women's policy, science and innovation, economic policy, infrastructure, social policy, and environmental policy), the National Security and International Policy Group (responsible for counterterrorism, intelligence, national security, cybersecurity, international policy, and defence strategy), the Governance Group, and the Indigenous Affairs Group. In addition to the National Office in Canberra, the department has 33 offices and an in-community presence in another 60 locations across Australia for the Indigenous Affairs regional network. Staff are employed as Australian Public Service officials under the Public Service Act 1999. In February