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Department of Communications (1993–94)

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Formed
  
23 December 1993

Dissolved
  
30 January 1994

Preceding Department
  
Department of Transport and Communications

Superseding agency
  
Department of Communications and the Arts

Jurisdiction
  
Commonwealth of Australia

Minister responsible
  
Michael Lee, Minister for Communications

The Department of Communications was an Australian government department that existed between December 1993 and January 1994.

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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.

At its creation, the Department was responsible for:

  • Postal and telecommunications services
  • Management of the electromagnetic spectrum
  • Broadcasting services.
  • Structure

    The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Communications, Michael Lee. The Secretary of the Department was Neville Stevens.

    References

    Department of Communications (1993–94) Wikipedia