The Department of the Senate is not part of the Executive Government of Australia.
The current Clerk is Richard Pye.
The Deputy Clerk of the Senate is Jackie Morris.
The Clerk is directly responsible for: In addition, the office exercises overall responsibility for, and quality control of, all procedural and administrative activities of the department.
The longest-serving Clerk was Harry Evans, who served 21 years, from 1988 to 2009.