Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories explained

Agency Name:	Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
Formed:	27 December 1991
Preceding1:	Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
Dissolved:	24 March 1993
Superseding:	Department of the Arts and Administrative Services – for the arts and information coordination services Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories – for environment, sport and territories functions
Type:	Department
Jurisdiction:	Commonwealth of Australia
Minister1 Name:	Ros Kelly
Minister1 Pfo:	Minister
Chief1 Name:	Tony Blunn
Chief1 Position:	Secretary
Headquarters:	Canberra

The Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories was an Australian government department that existed between December 1991 and March 1993.

History

The department was created on 27 December 1991, a departmental name change by the Keating government.

Scope

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 dealt with:

Cultural affairs, including support for the arts
National collections
National heritage
Sport and recreation
Environment and conservation
Meteorology
Information co-ordination and services within Australia, including advertising
Administration of the Australian Capital Territory
Administration of the Jervis Bay Territory, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Territory of Christmas Island, the Coral Sea Islands Territory, the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, the Australian Antarctic Territory, and the Territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, and of Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island
Constitutional development of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials responsible to the Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories, Ros Kelly.