Agency Name: | Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories |
Formed: | 24 July 1987 |
Preceding1: | Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment |
Dissolved: | 27 December 1991 |
Superseding: | Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories – for all functions except tourism Department of Tourism – for tourism |
Type: | Department |
Jurisdiction: | Commonwealth of Australia |
Chief1 Name: | Tony Blunn |
Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
Headquarters: | Canberra |
The Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories was an Australian government department that existed between July 1987 and December 1991.
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 responsible to the Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Tourism and Territories.