Formed 5 December 1978 Headquarters Canberra | Dissolved 3 November 1980 | |
Preceding Department Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development - for environment and conservation
Department of Science (II) - for science and technology, including research, support of research, and support of civil space programs; meteorology; ionospheric prediction service; analytical laboratory service; weights and measures Superseding agency Department of Home Affairs and Environment - for environment and conservation
Department of Science and Technology - for science and technology, meteorology, ionspheric production service, analytical laboratory service, weights and measures Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia | ||
The Department of Science and the Environment was an Australian government department that existed between December 1978 and November 1980.
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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 National Archives of Australia, at its creation, the Department was responsible for:
Structure
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Science and the Environment.
The Department was headed by a Secretary, John Farrands.
References
Department of Science and the Environment Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA