Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

Department overview
Formed	24 March 1993[1]
Preceding Department	Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
Dissolved	9 October 1997[1]
Superseding agency	Department of Transport and Regional Development - for territories Department of Industry, Science and Tourism - for sport and recreation Department of the Environment (II) - for environment
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Department executives	Stuart Hamilton, Secretary (1993‑96)[2] Roger Beale, Secretary (1996‑97)

The Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories (also called DEST) was an Australian government department that existed between March 1993 and October 1997.

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.

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 24 March 1993, the Department dealt with:^[3]

• Sport and recreation
• Environment and conservation
• Meteorology
• Administration of the Australian Capital Territory
• Administration of the Jervis Bay Territory, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Territory of Christmas Island, the Coral Sea Islands Territory, the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, and of Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island
• Constitutional development of the Northern Territory of Australia

References

1. CA 7661: Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 20 November 2013
2. "Stuart Anthony Hamilton AO". Australian National University. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013.
3. Administrative Arrangements Order issued 24 March 1993 (PDF), National Archives of Australia, 24 March 1993, p. 7, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013