Department of Administrative Services
DAS
24 July 1987 – 24 March 1993
Renamed Department of the Arts and Administrative Services in 1993.
Department of State providing common services to government, including property, construction, purchasing, publishing, and surveying and mapping, and responsible for electoral matters, honours and symbols, and parliamentary and royal commission support.
Names over time
- Department of Administrative Services1987–1993
- Department of the Arts and Administrative Services1993–1994
- Department of Administrative Services1994–1997
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 24 July 1987. It combined the administrative services of the Department of Local Government and Administrative Services, the construction functions of the Department of Housing and Construction, electoral matters, honours and symbols, parliamentary facilities, royal commission support and the Grants Commission from the Department of the Special Minister of State, and national mapping from the Department of Resources and Energy.
- Property
- Purchasing
- Publishing
- Surveying
- Common administrative services
- Design, construction and maintenance of Commonwealth works
- Electoral matters
- Honours and symbols policy
- Parliamentary facilities
- Support for royal commissions
- Grants Commission
- National mapping (Division of National Mapping)
Division of National Mapping combined with the Australian Survey Office as AUSLIG in this department.
Changes during its life
- Commonwealth property and office accommodation
- Commonwealth purchasing policy
How it ended
Became the Department of the Arts and Administrative Services on 24 March 1993, when it gained the arts functions of the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories.
- Common administrative services
Main functions
- Commonwealth property and office accommodation
- Design and construction of Commonwealth works (Australian Construction Services)
- Purchasing and government supply
- Electoral matters and the Australian Electoral Commission
- Surveying and mapping (AUSLIG)
- Government publishing
- Honours and national symbols
- Support for royal commissions and parliamentary facilities
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