Agency Name: | Department of Industry and Commerce |
Formed: | 7 May 1982 |
Preceding1: | Department of Industry and Commerce (I) Department of Business and Consumer Affairs Department of Housing and Construction (II) |
Dissolved: | 13 December 1984 |
Superseding: | Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce Department of Local Government and Administrative Services |
Type: | Department |
Jurisdiction: | Commonwealth of Australia |
Minister1 Name: | Phillip Lynch |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister (1982) |
Minister2 Name: | Andrew Peacock |
Minister2 Pfo: | Minister (1982–1983) |
Minister3 Name: | John Button |
Minister3 Pfo: | Minister (1983–1984) |
Chief1 Name: | Tom Hayes |
Chief1 Position: | Secretary and Comptroller-General |
Headquarters: | Barton, Canberra |
The Department of Industry and Commerce was an Australian government department that existed between May 1982 and December 1984. It was the second so-named Australian government department.
Information about the department's functions and 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:
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Industry and Commerce.