Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Department overview
Formed	3 December 2007[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business - for matters relating to small business
Dissolved	14 December 2011
Superseding agency	Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Annual budget	A$9.384 billion (2011-12)
Department executives	Mark Paterson, Secretary (2007‑11) Don Russell, Secretary (2011)
Website	www.innovation.gov.au

The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (also called DIISR) was a department of the Australian Government that existed between December 2007 and December 2011. The Department was charged with further developing growth in Australian industries and advancements in science and research.^[2] Ministers with responsibility for the department included Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and Nick Sherry, Minister for Small Business.^[3]

The department was responsible for:^[4]

• Manufacturing and commerce including industry and market development
• Industry innovation policy and technology diffusion
• Promotion of industrial research and development, and commercialisation
• Biotechnology, excluding gene technology regulation
• Export services
• Marketing, including export promotion, of manufactures and services
• Investment promotion
• Enterprise improvement
• Construction industry
• Small business policy and implementation
• Business entry point management
• Facilitation of the development of service industries generally
• Bounties on the production of goods
• Trade marks, plant breeders’ rights and patents of inventions and designs
• Country of origin labelling
• Weights and measures standards
• Civil space issues
• Analytical laboratory services
• Science policy
• Promotion of collaborative research in science and technology
• Co-ordination of research policy
• Commercialisation and utilisation of public sector research relating to portfolio programs and agencies
• Research grants and fellowships
• Information and communications technology industry development

The Department was made up of several divisions including Innovation, Manufacturing, Science & Research, Corporate, Industry & Small Business Policy, eBusiness and Questacon. The Enterprise Connect and AusIndustry divisions served as the program delivery arms of the Department.

The department was headed by a Secretary, initially Mark Paterson, who was succeeded in June 2011 by Don Russell.^[5]

References

1. CA 9186: The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 8 December 2013
2. "DIISR - Our Organisation". Government of Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
3. "Organisational Chart" (PDF). Government of Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
4. "Administrative Arrangement Order" (PDF). Government of Australia. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
5. Grattan, Michelle (2 June 2011). "For some, there's no getting away". The Age (Fairfax Media). Archived from the original on 19 February 2014.