Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

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Formed 24 March 1993 Headquarters Canberra		Dissolved 9 October 1997
Preceding Department Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories Superseding agency Department of Transport and Regional Development - for territories Department of Industry, Science and Tourism - for sport and recreation Department of the Environment (II) - for environment Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia

The Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories (also called DEST) was an Australian government department that existed between March 1993 and October 1997.

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 24 March 1993, the Department dealt with:

Sport and recreation

Environment and conservation

Meteorology

Administration of the Australian Capital Territory

Administration of the Jervis Bay Territory, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Territory of Christmas Island, the Coral Sea Islands Territory, the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, and of Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island

Constitutional development of the Northern Territory of Australia

References

Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories Wikipedia

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