Formed 22 December 1975 Headquarters Canberra | Dissolved 13 December 1984 | |
Superseding agency Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism
Department of Local Government and Administrative Services Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia 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.
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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.
According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 22 December 1975 (reproduced by the National Archives), the Department dealt with:
Structure
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Administrative Services.
References
Department of Administrative Services (1975–84) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA