Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources

Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Department overview
Formed	26 November 2001
Preceding Department	Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business;
Dissolved	3 December 2007
Superseding agency	Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism; Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts; Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Minister responsible	Ian Macfarlane, Minister;
Department executive	Mark Paterson, Secretary;
Website	industry.gov.au

The Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources was an Australian government department that existed between November 2001 and December 2007.

Scope[edit]

Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.

At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following:^[1]^[3]

Manufacturing and commerce, including industry and market development
Industry innovation policy and technology diffusion
Promotion of industrial research and development
Mineral and energy industries, including oil and gas, and electricity
Energy-specific international organisations and activities
Biotechnology, excluding gene technology regulation
Export services
Energy and resources science and research
Geoscience research and information services
Marketing, including export promotion, of manufactures and services
Investment promotion and facilitation
Enterprise improvement
Tourism industry
Construction industry
Small business policy and implementation, including business entry point management
Facilitation of the development of service industries generally
Bounties on the production of goods
Patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks
Country of origin labelling
Weights and measures standards
Civil space issues
Analytical laboratory services
Geodesy, mapping, remote sensing and land information co-ordination
Ionospheric prediction
Administration of export controls on energy products

Structure[edit]

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane.^[1] The Secretary of the Department was Mark I. Paterson.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e CA 8871: Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 5 December 2013
^ Howard, John (18 January 2002). "SENIOR APPOINTMENTS - DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARIES" (Press release). Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
^ Administrative Arrangements Order issued 26 November 2001 (PDF), National Archives of Australia, 26 November 2001, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013

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[NAA_CA_8871-1] CA 8871: Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 5 December 2013

[2] Howard, John (18 January 2002). "SENIOR APPOINTMENTS - DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARIES" (Press release). Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.

[AAONov2001-3] Administrative Arrangements Order issued 26 November 2001 (PDF), National Archives of Australia, 26 November 2001, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013

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