Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
DRARDLG
14 September 2010 – 14 December 2011
Renamed Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport in 2011.
Department of State responsible for regional development and the coordination of government services in regional Australia, local government relations and financial assistance grants, and the administration of the non-self-governing territories.
Names over time
- Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government2010–2011
- Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport2011–2013
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 September 2010 for Simon Crean as Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government in the second Gillard ministry. It took regional development and local government from the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government and the non-self-governing territories from the Attorney-General's Department.
- Split from Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government · 14 September 2010
- Regional development policy and programs
- Local government relations and financial assistance grants
- Administration of the non-self-governing territories
Territories had been with the Attorney-General's Department since December 2007.
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport on 14 December 2011, when it took on the arts from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and sport from the Department of Health and Ageing.
- Regional development
- Local government
- Territories
Main functions
- Regional development policy and programs, including Regional Development Australia committees
- Regional Development Australia Fund
- Local government relations and financial assistance grants
- Administration of Jervis Bay Territory, the Indian Ocean Territories and Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island
- Coordination of government services in regional Australia
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 September 2010 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 December 2011 (took effect as it ended)
1 more Administrative Arrangements Order sets it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 October 2010 (sets it out)
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