The Department of Industry, Science and Resources was an Australian government department that existed between October 1998 and November 2001.
Scope
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:[3]
Manufacturing and commerce, including industry and market development
Science, technology and innovation, including industrial research and development
Mineral and energy industries, including gas and petroleum, and electricity
Export services
Energy and resources science and research, including geoscience
Marketing, including export promotion, of manufactures and service
Investment promotion and facilitation
Enterprise improvement
Tourism industry
Construction industry
Facilitation of the development of service industries generally
Bounties on the production of goods
Offsets, to the extent not dealt with by the Department of Defence
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
Sport and recreation including industry development
Radioactive waste management
Administration of export controls on energy products
Structure
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Nick Minchin.[1]
