Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Department overview
Formed 21 October 1998[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved 26 November 2001[1]
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Canberra
Employees 1,584 (at 30 June 1999)[2]
Minister responsible
Department executive
Website disr.gov.au

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources was an Australian government department that existed between October 1998 and November 2001.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.

At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following:[3]

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Nick Minchin.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 CA 8617: Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 4 December 2013
  2. Department of Industry, Science and Resources (1999), Department of Industry, Science and Resources Annual Report 1998–99 (PDF), Department of Industry, Science and Resources, p. 292, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2003
  3. Administrative Arrangements, 21 October 1998 (PDF), National Archives of Australia, 21 October 1998, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013
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