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Transport & infrastructureDepartment of State

Department of Transport

23 December 1993 – 11 March 1996

Renamed Department of Transport and Regional Development in 1996.

Department of State responsible for transport policy and programs: civil aviation and airports, shipping and maritime safety, land transport, road funding and railways.

Names over time

  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

How it came into existence

Created on 23 December 1993 from the transport functions of the Department of Transport and Communications, which was split into this department and the Department of Communications. Laurie Brereton was its minister.

How it ended

Became the Department of Transport and Regional Development on 11 March 1996, taking on regional development under the incoming Howard government.

Main functions

  • Civil aviation and airports
  • Shipping and maritime safety
  • Land transport and road funding
  • Railways
  • Transport safety and standards

Bodies in this portfolio (3)

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