Department overview | |
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Formed | 21 October 1998 |
Preceding Department | |
Dissolved | 26 November 2001 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
Headquarters | Canberra |
Employees | 1,584 (at 30 June 1999) |
Minister responsible |
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Department executive |
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Website | disr.gov.au |
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources was an Australian government department that existed between October 1998 and November 2001.
Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.
At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following:
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Nick Minchin.