Transport & infrastructureDepartment of State
Department of Transport and Construction
7 May 1982 – 11 March 1983
Department of State responsible for land and sea transport (shipping and navigation, roads, railways and transport planning) and for the design, construction and maintenance of Commonwealth works.
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 7 May 1982, combining the land and sea transport functions of the abolished Department of Transport with the Commonwealth construction functions of the abolished Department of Housing and Construction; Ralph Hunt was Minister for Transport and Construction.
- Shipping and navigation
- Roads
- Railways
- Transport planning
- Planning, design, construction and maintenance of Commonwealth works
How it ended
Abolished on 11 March 1983 by the Hawke government and divided between a new Department of Transport and a new Department of Housing and Construction.
- Planning, execution and maintenance of Commonwealth works
- Commonwealth construction services
- Land and sea transport
- Shipping
- Railways
- Roads
Main functions
- Shipping and navigation
- Roads, road funding and road safety
- Railways, including the Australian National Railways Commission
- Transport planning and economics (Bureau of Transport Economics)
- Planning, design, construction and maintenance of Commonwealth works
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1983 (took effect as it ended)