Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

1. Department of Transport1993–1996
2. Department of Transport and Regional Development1996–1998
3. Department of Transport and Regional Services1998–2007
4. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government2007–2010
5. Department of Infrastructure and Transport2010–2013
6. Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development2013–2017
7. Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities2017–2019
8. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development2019–2020
9. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications2020–2022
10. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts2022–2025
11. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts2025–present

Created on 13 May 2025 by the Administrative Arrangements Order made after the 3 May 2025 election, when the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts was renamed on taking sport, including the Office for Sport and the National Sports Tribunal, from the Department of Health and Aged Care. Its cities policy functions moved to the Treasury.

• Infrastructure investment and transport policy
• Aviation, maritime and land transport safety and regulation
• Regional development and local government
• Northern Australia policy
• Administration of the territories
• Communications, broadband and media policy
• Sport policy and programs (Office for Sport)
• Arts and cultural policy (Office for the Arts)

Type of body

Non-corporate Commonwealth entity

Portfolio

Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Accountable authority

Secretary of the Department – Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 section 12(2) item 1

ABN

86 267 354 017

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands Administration 1955–present
• Christmas Island Administration 1958–present
• National Library of Australia 1961–present
• National Museum of Australia 1980–present
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983–present
• Australian Sports Commission 1985–present
• Australian Sports Foundation Limited 1986–present
• Australian Film, Television and Radio School 1986–present
• Australian Postal Corporation 1989–present
• Australian National Maritime Museum 1990–present
• Australian Maritime Safety Authority 1991–present
• Special Broadcasting Service Corporation 1991–present
• International Air Services Commission 1992–present
• National Gallery of Australia 1992–present
• Bundanon Trust 1993–present
• Airservices Australia 1995–present
• Civil Aviation Safety Authority 1995–present
• Classification Board 1996–present
• Classification Review Board 1996–present
• National Capital Authority 1996–present
• National Archives of Australia 1998–present
• Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited 1998–present
• Australian Transport Safety Bureau 1999–present
• National Transport Commission 2004–present
• Australian Communications and Media Authority 2005–present
• Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics 2008–present
• Infrastructure Australia 2008–present
• National Film and Sound Archive of Australia 2008–present
• Screen Australia 2008–present
• NBN Co Limited 2009–present
• Aircraft Noise Ombudsman 2010–present
• National Portrait Gallery of Australia 2013–present
• Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility 2016–present
• Old Parliament House 2016–present
• WSA Co Limited 2017–present
• eSafety Commissioner 2017–present
• Office of Road Safety 2019–present
• Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research 2020–present
• National Sports Tribunal 2020–present
• Sport Integrity Australia 2020–present
• National Intermodal Corporation Limited 2022–present
• High Speed Rail Authority 2023–present
• Creative Australia 2023–present

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