Information about the department's functions and 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 was responsible for the following:[1]
National energy policy, including planning and research into coal, oil and gas, uranium, solar energy and other forms of energy
Radioactive waste management.
Minerals exploration and resource assessment.
Water resources, soil conservation, and electricity.
Geodesy and mapping.
Decentralisation and urban planning and development.
Local government.
Structureedit
The department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for National Development and Energy, John Carrick.[1] The Secretary of the Department was A.J. Woods.[1]
department, national, development, energy, australian, government, department, that, existed, between, december, 1979, march, 1983, replaced, department, national, development, inherited, domestic, resources, energy, matters, from, department, trade, resources. The Department of National Development and Energy was an Australian government department that existed between December 1979 and March 1983 It replaced the Department of National Development and inherited domestic resources and energy matters from the Department of Trade and Resources Department of National Development and EnergyDepartment overviewFormed8 December 1979 1 Preceding DepartmentDepartment of National Development II Dissolved11 March 1983 1 Superseding agencyDepartment of Territories and Local Government for local government Department of Resources and Energy for national development and energy Department of Trade and Resources for sections of the Atomic Energy Act 1953 Department of Industry and Commerce II for decentralisation and urban planning and developmentJurisdictionCommonwealth of AustraliaHeadquartersCanberraMinister responsibleJohn Carrick Minister for National Development and EnergyDepartment executiveAlan Woods SecretaryScope editInformation about the department s functions and 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 was responsible for the following 1 National energy policy including planning and research into coal oil and gas uranium solar energy and other forms of energy Radioactive waste management Minerals exploration and resource assessment Water resources soil conservation and electricity Geodesy and mapping Decentralisation and urban planning and development Local government Structure editThe department was a Commonwealth Public Service department staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for National Development and Energy John Carrick 1 The Secretary of the Department was A J Woods 1 References edit a b c d e CA 2979 Department of National Development and Energy Central Office National Archives of Australia retrieved 9 February 2021 nbsp This Australian government related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Department of National Development and Energy amp oldid 1192755427, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
