Department of Transport and Regional Development
11 March 1996 – 21 October 1998
Previously Department of Transport (1993–1996). Renamed Department of Transport and Regional Services in 1998.
Department of State responsible for aviation, airports, shipping, land transport and transport safety, regional development, and from October 1997 the territories and local government.
Names over time
- Department of Transport1993–1996
- Department of Transport and Regional Development1996–1998
- Department of Transport and Regional Services1998–2007
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government2007–2010
- Department of Infrastructure and Transport2010–2013
- Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development2013–2017
- Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities2017–2019
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development2019–2020
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications2020–2022
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts2022–2025
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts2025–present
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1996 under the Howard government by renaming the Department of Transport, which took over regional development from the abolished Department of Housing and Regional Development. John Sharp was Minister for Transport and Regional Development.
- Aviation
- Shipping
- Land transport
- Transport safety
- Regional development
Changes during its life
- Administration of the territories
- Local government
How it ended
On 21 October 1998 it became the Department of Transport and Regional Services.
- Transport
- Regional development
- Territories
- Local government
Main functions
- Aviation and airports policy, including the leasing of federal airports
- Shipping and maritime transport
- Land transport and road funding
- Transport safety
- Regional development
- Administration of the territories (from October 1997)
- Local government (from October 1997)
Bodies in this portfolio (3)
- Australian National Railways Commission 1975–1998
- Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics 1988–1997
- Federal Airports Corporation 1988–1998
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1996 (created it)
Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.