Formed 19 December 1972 | Dissolved 22 December 1975 | |
Preceding Department Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts - for electoral activities, overseas visits, government gazette Superseding agency Department of Health (I) - for health services on Christmas and Cocos Islands
Department of Business and Consumer Affairs - for industries assistance and prices justification
Department of Administrative Services (II)
Department of Education (I) - for education on Christmas and Cocos Islands Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia Ministers responsible Don Willesee, Minister (1972‑73)
Lionel Bowen, Minister (1973‑75)
Doug McClelland, Minister (1975)
Reg Withers, Minister (1975) | ||
The Department of the Special Minister of State was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and December 1975.
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History
The Department was one of several new Departments established by the Whitlam Government, a wide restructuring that revealed some of the new government's program.
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.
The functions of the Department at its creation were:
Structure
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Special Minister of State.
References
Department of the Special Minister of State (1972–75) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA