Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources explained

Agency Name:	Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Formed:	26 November 2001
Preceding1:	Department of Industry, Science and Resources Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
Dissolved:	3 December 2007
Superseding:	Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Type:	Department
Jurisdiction:	Commonwealth of Australia
Minister1 Name:	Ian Macfarlane
Minister1 Pfo:	Minister
Chief1 Name:	Mark Paterson
Chief1 Position:	Secretary^[1]
Website:	industry.gov.au

The Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources was an Australian government department that existed between November 2001 and December 2007.

Scope

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

At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following:

• Manufacturing and commerce, including industry and market development
• Industry innovation policy and technology diffusion
• Promotion of industrial research and development
• Mineral and energy industries, including oil and gas, and electricity
• Energy-specific international organisations and activities
• Biotechnology, excluding gene technology regulation
• Export services
• Energy and resources science and research
• Geoscience research and information services
• Marketing, including export promotion, of manufactures and services
• Investment promotion and facilitation
• Enterprise improvement
• Tourism industry
• Construction industry
• Small business policy and implementation, including business entry point management
• Facilitation of the development of service industries generally
• Bounties on the production of goods
• Patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks
• Country of origin labelling
• Weights and measures standards
• Civil space issues
• Analytical laboratory services
• Geodesy, mapping, remote sensing and land information co-ordination
• Ionospheric prediction
• Administration of export controls on energy products

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane. The Secretary of the Department was Mark I. Paterson.

Notes and References

1. SENIOR APPOINTMENTS - DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARIES. John. Howard. 18 January 2002. 10 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131110115014/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=12178.