Industry, science & resourcesDepartment of StateExists today
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
DISR
1 July 2022 – present
Previously Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (2020–2022).
Department of State responsible for industry and manufacturing policy, science and technology, resources, measurement standards, intellectual property and the space industry.
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 on 1 July 2022 under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022, when the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources was renamed after its energy and climate change functions moved to the new Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
- Industry
- Science
- Resources
Changes during its life
- 2025The Net Zero Economy Authority moved into the Industry, Science and Resources portfolio from the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio.
Main functions
- Industry, manufacturing and innovation policy
- Science policy and portfolio science agencies such as CSIRO and ANSTO
- Resources and critical minerals policy
- Intellectual property (IP Australia)
- Space industry (Australian Space Agency)
- Measurement standards (National Measurement Institute)
- Anti-dumping administration
- Radioactive waste management
Where it sits
- Type of body
- Non-corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Industry, Science and Resources
- Accountable authority
- Secretary of the Department – Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 section 12(2) item 1
- ABN
- 74 599 608 295
Bodies in this portfolio (19)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 1949–present
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation 1987–present
- Questacon – National Science and Technology Centre 1988–present
- Office of the Chief Scientist 1989–present
- Australian Building Codes Board 1994–present
- IP Australia 1998–present
- Geoscience Australia 2001–present
- National Measurement Institute 2004–present
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority 2012–present
- National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator 2012–present
- Anti-Dumping Review Panel 2013–present
- Anti-Dumping Commission 2013–present
- Australian Industry Participation Authority 2013–present
- Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board 2017–present
- Australian Space Agency 2018–present
- Australian Radioactive Waste Agency 2020–present
- Industry Innovation and Science Australia 2021–present
- National Reconstruction Fund Corporation 2023–present
- Net Zero Economy Authority 2024–present
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 June 2022 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 May 2025, as amended to 1 July 2025 (sets it out)
5 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022, as amended to 8 June 2023 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022, as amended to 3 August 2023 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022, as amended to 29 July 2024 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 May 2025 (sets it out)
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 25 July 2022 to the latest release (30 June 2026))