Department of Industry
18 September 2013 – 23 December 2014
Renamed Department of Industry and Science in 2014.
Department of State responsible for industry, manufacturing and innovation policy, the science agencies, resources and energy, skills and vocational training, and small business.
Names over time
- Department of Industry2013–2014
- Department of Industry and Science2014–2015
- Department of Industry, Innovation and Science2015–2020
- Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources2020–2022
- Department of Industry, Science and Resources2022–present
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013 at the start of the Abbott government. It took industry, innovation, science, skills and small business from the abolished Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, resources and energy from the abolished Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, and the Adult Migrant English Program from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Ian Macfarlane became Minister for Industry.
- Split from Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education · 18 September 2013
- Industry and innovation
- Science
- Skills and vocational education and training
- Small business
- Resources policy
- Energy policy
- Energy efficiency programs
- Tourism policy (until it moved to the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio on 3 October 2013)
- Adult Migrant English Program
Changes during its life
- Workforce development and skills advice
- National Workforce Development Fund
- Tourism policy and programs
- Tourism Research Australia
The amended Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 October 2013 placed tourism in the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, delivered through Austrade. Tourism policy and Tourism Research Australia had gone from the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism to the Department of Industry on 18 September 2013.
- Tourism policy and programs
Amended Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 October 2013 placed all tourism responsibilities in the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, delivered through Austrade.
- Administration of Australian Industry Participation plans for major projects
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Industry and Science on 23 December 2014, when skills and vocational training (with the Adult Migrant English Program) went to the Department of Education and Training and small business policy to the Treasury.
- Skills and vocational education and training
- Apprenticeships
- Adult Migrant English Program
- Industry policy
- Science
- Resources and energy
- Small business policy
Main functions
- Industry and manufacturing policy
- Innovation and business programs (AusIndustry)
- Science agencies and the Office of the Chief Scientist
- Resources and energy policy
- Skills, apprenticeships and vocational education and training
- Small business
- Energy efficiency programs
- Adult Migrant English Program
Bodies in this portfolio (1)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 December 2014 (took effect as it ended)
1 more Administrative Arrangements Order sets it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 12 December 2013 (sets it out)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to 11 December 2014)
- Administrative Arrangements Order, 18 September 2013 (Federal Register of Legislation, C2013G01404)
Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.