Formed 20 December 1977 | Dissolved 11 March 1983 | |
Preceding Department Department of Overseas Trade - for trade and commerce with other countriesDepartment of National Resources - for commercial development and marketing of minerals Superseding agency Department of Resources and Energy - for commercial development, marketing and export of minerals, including uranium and hydro-carbon fuelsDepartment of Trade (II) Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia Headquarters | ||
The Department of Trade and Resources was an Australian government department that existed between December 1977 and March 1983.
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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 the following:
Structure
The Department was an Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for National Trade and Resources, Doug Anthony. The Secretary of the Department was J. Sully.
References
Department of Trade and Resources Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA