Department of Primary Industries and Energy
DPIE
24 July 1987 – 21 October 1998
Department of State responsible for agriculture, fisheries and forestry, quarantine and export inspection, rural adjustment and research, together with minerals, petroleum, energy and geoscience.
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 24 July 1987 under the third Hawke government, merging the Department of Primary Industry with the Department of Resources and Energy; animal and plant quarantine joined the portfolio from the Department of Health through the new Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service. John Kerin was Minister for Primary Industries and Energy, with Peter Cook as Minister for Resources.
- Agriculture
- Fisheries
- Forestry
- Export inspection
- Minerals and petroleum
- Energy
- Geological survey
- Water resources
Changes during its life
- Licensing of meat and live-stock exporters
- Greenhouse energy programs
- Greenhouse Challenge
How it ended
Abolished on 21 October 1998: primary industries went to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Australia and resources and energy to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
- Agriculture and primary industries
- Fisheries
- Forestry
- Quarantine and export inspection
- Rural adjustment and drought assistance
- Land and water resources
- Minerals and petroleum resources
- Energy
Main functions
- Agriculture and rural industries policy
- Fisheries
- Forestry
- Quarantine and export inspection (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service)
- Rural adjustment, drought assistance and rural research
- Land and water resources
- Minerals and petroleum, including offshore petroleum
- Energy policy
Bodies in this portfolio (22)
- River Murray Commission 1917–1988
- Bureau of Agricultural Economics 1945–1988
- Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 1946–1992
- Australian Tobacco Board 1965–1995
- Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation 1970–1989
- Australian Wool Corporation 1973–1993
- Pipeline Authority 1973–1994
- Australian Apple and Pear Corporation 1974–1988
- Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation 1977–1998
- National Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Council 1978–1990
- Australian Canned Fruits Corporation 1979–1988
- Australian Dried Fruits Corporation 1979–1991
- Australian Fisheries Service 1985–1992
- Australian Meat and Live-stock Research and Development Corporation 1985–1991
- Bureau of Resource Economics 1987–1988
- Bureau of Rural Resources 1987–1992
- Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited 1989–1993
- Energy Research and Development Corporation 1990–1998
- Australian Wool Realisation Commission 1991–1993
- Meat Research Corporation 1991–1998
- Wool Research and Development Corporation 1991–1993
- Bureau of Resource Sciences 1992–1998
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1996 (sets it out)