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Assistant Treasurer of Australia | |
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since 1 June 2022 | |
Department of the Treasury | |
Style | The Honourable |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Seat | Canberra, ACT |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | Governor-General on the advice of the prime minister |
Term length | At the Governor-General's pleasure |
Formation | 6 January 1932 |
First holder | Stanley Bruce |
Website | ministers |
The Assistant Treasurer of Australia is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with assisting the Treasurer with overseeing government revenue collection, federal expenditure and economic policy as the head of the Department of the Treasury. The current assistant treasurer is The Hon. Stephen Jones MP, who was appointed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in May 2022 following the 2022 Australian federal election. Jones also serves as Minister for Financial Services.