Department of Administrative Services
DAS
7 October 1975 – 22 December 1975
Previously Department of Services and Property (1972–1975).
Short-lived first Department of Administrative Services, responsible for elections and referendums, parliamentary accommodation, government purchasing, and government stores and transport.
Names over time
- Department of Services and Property1972–1975
- Department of Administrative Services1975
How it came into existence
Formed by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 7 October 1975, when the Department of Services and Property was renamed; its property and survey functions passed at the same time to the Department of Urban and Regional Development, and it gained government purchasing from the Department of Manufacturing Industry. Fred Daly was Minister for Administrative Services until the dismissal of the Whitlam government on 11 November 1975, and Tom Drake-Brockman in the Fraser caretaker ministry.
- Electoral administration
- Stores and transport
- Common services
- Government purchasing
- Procurement policy
How it ended
Replaced on 22 December 1975 by the second Department of Administrative Services, created by the Fraser government, which took over its functions together with property and survey from the Department of Urban and Regional Development and functions of other abolished departments.
- Purchasing and procurement
- Stores and transport
- Electoral administration
- Parliamentary accommodation
Main functions
- Electoral administration (elections and referendums)
- Parliamentary accommodation
- Government purchasing and procurement policy
- Government stores and transport
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 22 December 1975 (took effect as it ended)
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