Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories

Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
Department overview
Formed 27 December 1991[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved 24 March 1993[1]
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Canberra
Minister responsible
Department executive

The Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories was an Australian government department that existed between December 1991 and March 1993.

History

The department was created on 27 December 1991, a departmental name change by the Keating Government.[2]

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 and in the Department's annual reports.

At its creation, the Department dealt with:[1]

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials responsible to the Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories, Ros Kelly.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 CA 7431: Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 20 December 2013
  2. Administrative Arrangements Ordered by his Excellency the Governor-General (PDF), National Archives of Australia, 27 December 1991, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2014
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