The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between March 1983 and July 1987. It was announced by Prime Minister Bob Hawke as a new agency on his first day in the leadership position. The former Department of Transport and Construction was split into two departments, reconstituting the separate Department of Housing and Construction so as "to provide a focus for policies affecting the housing and building industries".[1]
According to the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 11 March 1983, the department dealt with:[1]
Shipping and marine navigation (including lighthouses, lightships, beacons and buoys)
Land transport
Structureedit
The department was an Australian Public Service department responsible to the Minister for Transport, Peter Morris.[1] Department officials were headed by a Secretary, initially Rae Taylor (until February 1986),[1] then Colin Freeland.[2]
Referencesedit
^ abcdefCA 3501: Department of Transport [IV], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 29 June 2013, retrieved 2 December 2013
^Hawke, Robert (10 February 1986). (Press release). Archived from the original on 1 November 2013.
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department, transport, 1983, 1987, department, transport, australian, government, department, that, existed, between, march, 1983, july, 1987, announced, prime, minister, hawke, agency, first, leadership, position, former, department, transport, construction, . The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between March 1983 and July 1987 It was announced by Prime Minister Bob Hawke as a new agency on his first day in the leadership position The former Department of Transport and Construction was split into two departments reconstituting the separate Department of Housing and Construction so as to provide a focus for policies affecting the housing and building industries 1 Department of TransportDepartment overviewFormed11 March 1983 1 Preceding DepartmentDepartment of Transport and ConstructionDissolved24 July 1987 1 Superseding agencyDepartment of Transport and CommunicationsJurisdictionCommonwealth of AustraliaMinister responsiblePeter Morris MinisterDepartment executivesRae Taylor Secretary 1983 1986 Collin Freeland Secretary 1986 1987 According to the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 11 March 1983 the department dealt with 1 Shipping and marine navigation including lighthouses lightships beacons and buoys Land transportStructure editThe department was an Australian Public Service department responsible to the Minister for Transport Peter Morris 1 Department officials were headed by a Secretary initially Rae Taylor until February 1986 1 then Colin Freeland 2 References edit a b c d e f CA 3501 Department of Transport IV Central Office National Archives of Australia archived from the original on 29 June 2013 retrieved 2 December 2013 Hawke Robert 10 February 1986 Untitled Press release Archived from the original on 1 November 2013 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 Transport 1983 1987 amp oldid 1201933969, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
