Department of Administrative Services (1975–84)

Department of Administrative Services

Department overview
Formed	22 December 1975
Dissolved	13 December 1984
Superseding agency	Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism Department of Local Government and Administrative Services
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Department executives	Peter Lawler, Secretary (1975‑83) Kenneth Norman Jones, Secretary (1983‑84)

The Department of Administrative Services was an Australian government department that existed between December 1975 and December 1984. It was the second so-named Commonwealth department.

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 22 December 1975 (reproduced by the National Archives), the Department dealt with:

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Administrative Services.

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