Communications & mediaDepartment of State
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
DBCDE
3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013
Renamed Department of Communications in 2013.
Department of State responsible for broadband policy and the National Broadband Network, telecommunications, broadcasting, postal services, radiofrequency spectrum and the digital economy.
Names over time
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy2007–2013
- Department of Communications2013–2015
- Department of Communications and the Arts2015–2020
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007, at the start of the Rudd government, from the communications and information technology functions of the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, whose arts and sport functions went to other departments.
- Telecommunications
- Broadcasting
- Postal services
- Information technology and information economy policy
Changes during its life
- Universal service and National Relay Service contract management
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Communications on 18 September 2013, at the start of the Abbott government.
- Telecommunications and broadband
- Broadcasting
- Radiocommunications
- Postal services
- Digital economy
Main functions
- National Broadband Network policy and shareholder oversight of NBN Co
- Telecommunications policy and regulation
- Broadcasting and content policy
- Postal services
- Radiofrequency spectrum policy
- Digital economy and online safety policy
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013 (took effect as it ended)
6 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 25 January 2008 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 September 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 October 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 December 2011 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 9 February 2012 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 16 May 2013 (sets it out)