Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
DITRDC
1 February 2020 – 1 July 2022
Previously Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development (2019–2020). Renamed Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts in 2022.
Department of State responsible for infrastructure, transport, regional development, cities, local government and territories, together with communications, the arts and classification.
Names over time
- Department of Transport1993–1996
- Department of Transport and Regional Development1996–1998
- Department of Transport and Regional Services1998–2007
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government2007–2010
- Department of Infrastructure and Transport2010–2013
- Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development2013–2017
- Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities2017–2019
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development2019–2020
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications2020–2022
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts2022–2025
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts2025–present
How it came into existence
Created on 1 February 2020 under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019, when the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development was renamed and took over the communications, arts and classification functions of the abolished Department of Communications and the Arts, including its Office for the Arts.
- Renamed from Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development · 1 February 2020
- Infrastructure and transport
- Cities policy
- Regional development and local government
- Territories administration
- Water infrastructure investment (National Water Grid Authority)
- Communications, broadband and broadcasting policy
- Arts and cultural policy (Office for the Arts)
- Classification
Changes during its life
- Infrastructure financing and commercial advice
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts on 1 July 2022 under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022; its water infrastructure functions, including the National Water Grid Authority, went to the new Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
- Part split off to form Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water · 1 July 2022
- Water infrastructure investment (National Water Grid Authority)
- Renamed to Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts · 1 July 2022
- Infrastructure and transport
- Regional development, cities and local government
- Territories
- Communications
- Arts
Main functions
- Infrastructure investment and transport policy
- Aviation, maritime and land transport safety and regulation
- Regional development, cities and local government
- Administration of the territories
- Telecommunications, broadband and broadcasting policy
- Arts and cultural policy (Office for the Arts)
- Classification and postal services policy
- Water infrastructure investment (National Water Grid Authority)
Bodies in this portfolio (3)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019, as amended to 2 April 2020 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 June 2022 (took effect as it ended)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022 (took effect as it ended)
1 more Administrative Arrangements Order sets it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 March 2021 (sets it out)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 31 March 2020 to 31 March 2022)