Treasury & financeDepartment of State
Department of Administrative Services
DAS
30 January 1994 – 9 October 1997
Previously Department of the Arts and Administrative Services (1993–1994).
Department of State providing common services to the Commonwealth, including property, construction, purchasing, publishing, surveying and mapping, and electoral, honours and ministerial 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 on 30 January 1994 from the Department of the Arts and Administrative Services, which it replaced when the arts moved to the new Department of Communications and the Arts.
- Common administrative services
How it ended
Merged with the Department of Finance on 9 October 1997 to form the Department of Finance and Administration.
- Commonwealth property
- Purchasing
- Parliamentarians' entitlements and ministerial services
- Electoral matters
Main functions
- Commonwealth property and office accommodation
- Design and construction services
- Purchasing and government supply
- Government publishing
- Surveying and mapping
- Electoral matters
- Honours and national symbols
Bodies in this portfolio (4)
- Australian Government Publishing Service 1970–1997
- Australian Construction Services 1987–1997
- Australian Property Group 1988–1997
- Purchasing Australia 1990–1997
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1996 (sets it out)
Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.