Bureau of Resource Economics
BRE
1987 – 1988
Economic research bureau of the Commonwealth minerals and energy portfolio that analysed and forecast the minerals and energy industries and published research reports such as Australian resource outlook 1987-2000 (Research report 1, 1987).
How it came into existence
Set up as the economic research bureau of the Commonwealth minerals and energy portfolio, associated with the Department of Resources and Energy (March 1983 to July 1987), whose functions passed to the Department of Primary Industries and Energy. Its founding date and instrument have not been confirmed: the start year 1987 is an estimate resting on its earliest known publication, Australian resource outlook 1987-2000, issued in 1987 as its Research report 1. It may have been formed somewhat earlier.
How it ended
Combined in 1988 with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics to form the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the Department of Primary Industries and Energy.
- Minerals and energy economic research
- Minerals and energy market outlook and forecasts
Main functions
- Economic research on the minerals and energy industries
- Minerals and energy market outlook and forecasts
- Economic advice on resources and energy policy
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Primary Industries and Energy.
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Sources
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