Department of Communications (1980–1987)

Department of Communications
Department overview
Formed3 November 1980[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved24 July 1987[1]
Superseding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible
  • Ian McCahon Sinclair, (1980–1982)
  • Neil Anthony Brown, (1982–1983)
  • Michael John Duff, (1983–1987)
Department executives

The Department of Communications was an Australian government department that existed between November 1980 and July 1987.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and 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 postal, telegraphic, telephonic and other like services including television and radio.[1]

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Communications.[1] The Secretaries of the Department were Bob Lansdown (from the Department's creation until 31 January 1986) and Charles Halton (from 1 February 1986).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d CA 3067: Department of Communications [I], Central Office, Canberra, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 5 December 2013[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "New Secretary". The Canberra Times. 1 February 1986. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.


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