Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
DITRDLG
3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010
Previously Department of Transport and Regional Services (1998–2007). Renamed Department of Infrastructure and Transport in 2010.
Department of State responsible for national infrastructure planning and investment, transport policy, regulation and safety, regional development, local government and major cities.
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 by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007, when the Rudd government renamed the Department of Transport and Regional Services and gave it national infrastructure planning, including support for Infrastructure Australia; territories went to the Attorney-General's Department.
- Transport
- Regional development
- Local government
Changes during its life
- Road safety research
- Road crash statistics
- Road safety education
- National infrastructure planning and advice
How it ended
Split on 14 September 2010: infrastructure and transport continued as the Department of Infrastructure and Transport, and regional development and local government went to the new Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government.
- Infrastructure planning and investment
- Land transport, aviation and maritime transport
- Transport security
- Part split off to form Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government · 14 September 2010
- Regional development policy and programs
- Local government relations and financial assistance grants
Main functions
- National infrastructure planning and support for Infrastructure Australia
- Nation Building road and rail investment
- Aviation, maritime and land transport policy and regulation
- Transport safety
- Regional development programs
- Local government relations
- Major cities policy
Bodies in this portfolio (1)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 September 2010 (took effect as it ended)
1 more Administrative Arrangements Order sets it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 25 January 2008 (sets it out)