Department of the Arts and Administrative Services
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Formed | 24 March 1993[1] |
Preceding Department | |
Dissolved | 30 March 1994[1] |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
Headquarters | City, Canberra |
Minister responsible |
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Department executives |
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The Department of the Arts and Administrative Services was an Australian government department that existed between March 1993 and January 1994.
Scope[]
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 the department's creation it was responsible for:[1]
- Acquisition, leasing, management and disposal of land and property in Australia and overseas
- Transport and storage services
- Coordination of purchasing policy and civil purchasing
- Disposal of goods
- Analytical laboratory services
- Ionospheric prediction
- Management of government records
- Valuation services
- Geodesy, mapping and surveying services
- Planning, execution and maintenance of Commonwealth Government works
- Design and maintenance of Government furniture, furnishings and fittings
- Government printing and publishing services
- Electoral matters
- Australian honours and symbols policy
- Provision of facilities for members of Parliament other than in Parliament House
- Administrative support for Royal Commissions and certain other inquiries
- Information co-ordination and services within Australia, including advertising
- Cultural affairs, including support for the arts.
Structure[]
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Arts and Administrative Services.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d CA 7663: Department of the Arts and Administrative Services, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 29 December 2013
Categories:
- Defunct government departments of Australia
- Ministries established in 1993
- 1993 establishments in Australia
- 1994 disestablishments in Australia
- Australia government stubs