Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade

Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade
Department overview
Formed21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
Dissolved1 July 2024; 6 months ago (2024-07-01)
Superseding Department
JurisdictionNew South Wales
HeadquartersSydney, Australia
Department executive
Websitewww.nsw.gov.au/enterprise-investment-trade
Footnotes
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The New South Wales Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade was a department of the government of New South Wales that delivered services to promote enterprise, investment, trade, hospitality, racing, arts, tourism and sport in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Department was the lead agency of the Enterprise, Investment and Trade cluster of the NSW government.

The Department was formed on 21 December 2021 following the second arrangement of the Perrottet ministry.[1] On 12 April 2024, the Minns Labor Government announced that the Department would be re-organised as part of a Machinery of Government change, and would be renamed as the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport from 1 July 2024.[2]

Structure

The Department was the lead agency in the Enterprise, Investment and Trade cluster, led by secretary, Elizabeth Mildwater from October 2022.[3] The Group Deputy Secretary of Tourism, Sport and Arts within the department is presently Kate Foy.

The incumbent secretary was Amy Brown, who was appointed in January 2022 and was the CEO of Investment NSW.[4] Brown was sacked in September that year due to her role in the John Barilaro saga as CEO of Investment NSW.[5] Mildwater was acting Secretary for a month until she was officially appointed in October.

Ministers

The following ministers were responsible for the administration of the department and its agencies:[1][6]

Agencies administered

The following agencies are administered by the Department, classified by groups:[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Industry and investment return to the centre of government". NSW Government. 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Secretary and leadership team". NSW Government – Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Amy Brown to lead new Department of Enterprise Investment and Trade". Investment NSW. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Former investment NSW boss Amy Brown sacked in wake of John Barilaro job saga". ABC News. 19 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Our Ministers". NSW Government – Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Agencies in the Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade". NSW Government – Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  8. ^ "NSW has spent almost $13 million on six overseas trade offices, hearing told". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 September 2022.