Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism

The Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism was an Australian government department that existed between March 1983 and July 1987.

Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism
Department overview
Formed11 March 1983[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved24 July 1987[1]
Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Minister responsible
Department executive

History

The Department was one of three new Departments established by the Hawke Government in March 1983,[2] to ensure the priorities of the Labor Government could be given effect to readily following the federal election of that month.[3]

The Department was dissolved in July 1987 as part of a large overhaul of the Public Service that reduced the number of departments from 28 to 17.[4] Its functions were dispersed between several departments, and the department's Secretary, Bruce MacDonald, was appointed to a senior position in the Data Protection Agency.[5]

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.

At its creation, the Department dealt with:[1]

  • Sport and recreation
  • Tourism, including the tourist industry.

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials responsible to the Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism, John Brown.[1]

The Secretary of the Department was Bruce MacDonald.[6]

References
  1. CA 3498: Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 22 December 2013
  2. "Hawke outlines departmental changes". The Canberra Times. 11 March 1983. p. 6.
  3. Hawke, Robert (10 March 1983), STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER-DESIGNATE, MR BOB HAWKE MP, archived from the original on 11 January 2014
  4. Campbell, Rod (15 July 1987). "Enormous PS shake-up: 3000 positions abolished: 11 departments wiped out". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
  5. Campbell, Rod (24 July 1987). "Hawke fills top PS jobs". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
  6. Australian Sports Commission: An introduction to its role, objectives and activities (PDF), 1985, p. 10, archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012


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