Department of Manufacturing Industry

Department of Manufacturing Industry

Department overview
Formed	12 June 1974[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Secondary Industry
Dissolved	22 December 1975[1]
Superseding Department	Department of Administrative Services (I)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Kep Enderby, Minister (1974–1975) Jim McClelland, Minister (1975) Lionel Bowen, Minister (1975) Bob Cotton, Minister (1975)
Department executive	Neil Currie, Secretary

The Department of Manufacturing Industry was an Australian government department that existed between June 1974 and December 1975.

History

When the Department of Manufacturing Industry was created in 1977, it was an amalgamation of the previous Department of Secondary Industry and the residual parts of the Department of Supply not incorporated in the amalgamated Department of Defence.[2][3]

The department was abolished in 1975 and replaced with the Department of Administrative Services.

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 the following:[1][4]

• Secondary industry, including:
  • the efficiency and development of industries
• Research
• Defence research and development, including support of space research programs of international organisations
• Supply, manufacture and procurement of goods and services, including munitions and aircraft for defence
• Disposal of surplus goods
• Government transport and storage facilities in the state and storage and transport of goods in the Australian Capital Territory

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Manufacturing Industry.[1]

References

1. CA 1770: Department of Manufacturing Industry, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 11 December 2013
2. Thomson, Phillip (25 September 2015). "Department with most name changes? That title goes to Department of Industry, Innovation and Science". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015.
3. Nethercote, John (29 June 1999), Departmental Machinery of Government Since 1987, Commonwealth of Australia, archived from the original on 28 March 2014
4. Administrative Arrangements (PDF), Australian Government, 12 June 1974, archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2014