AusInfo
October 1997 – 8 April 2004
Government publishing and information access business that succeeded the Australian Government Publishing Service, running the Government Info Shops, the Commonwealth Gazette, Commonwealth copyright administration and the sale and distribution of government publications.
How it came into existence
Set up in October 1997 in the new Department of Finance and Administration to carry on the publishing, sales and information access functions of the Australian Government Publishing Service after its printing operations were sold; it later moved to the communications portfolio.
- Publishing and sale of government publications
- Commonwealth Gazette
- Commonwealth copyright administration
How it ended
Its information access functions, including the Gazette, publications sales and copyright administration, passed to the Australian Government Information Management Office when the National Office for the Information Economy was broken up on 8 April 2004.
- Commonwealth Gazette
- Sale of government publications (Government Info Shops)
- Commonwealth copyright administration
AusInfo's information access functions passed to AGIMO when NOIE was broken up; whether AusInfo was by then run within NOIE is not confirmed.
Main functions
- Government Info Shops
- Commonwealth Gazette
- Commonwealth copyright administration
- Sale and distribution of government publications
- Government information access services
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
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