Commonwealth Government Printing Office
1927 – 1 July 1970
Renamed Australian Government Publishing Service in 1970.
Office of the Commonwealth Government Printer in Canberra, printing parliamentary papers, Hansard, Acts and Bills, the Commonwealth Gazette and other government publications.
Names over time
- Commonwealth Government Printing Office1927–1970
- Australian Government Publishing Service1970–1997
How it came into existence
From 1901 Commonwealth printing was done in Melbourne by the Victorian Government Printer acting as Commonwealth Government Printer. The Commonwealth's own printing office at Kingston, Canberra, began operating in 1927 when Parliament moved to Canberra.
How it ended
Became the core of the Australian Government Publishing Service, formed on 1 July 1970 to combine government printing with the publishing, sale and distribution of official publications.
- Government printing
- Commonwealth Gazette
- Sale of government publications
The printing office was reorganised as the core of the new publishing service.
Main functions
- Printing parliamentary papers and Hansard
- Printing Acts, Bills and the Commonwealth Gazette
- Printing government reports and forms
- Sale of government publications
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of the Treasury.
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Sources
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