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Formed | 25 March 1994 |
Preceding Department | |
Dissolved | 11 March 1996 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
Headquarters | Canberra |
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The Department of Industry, Science and Technology (also called DIST) was an Australian government department that existed between March 1994 and March 1996.
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.
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 Technology, Peter Cook.