Department of National Development (1977–79)

Department of National Development
Department overview
Formed	20 December 1977^[1]
Preceding Department	Department of National Resources - for energy planning, research, minerals exploration and resource assessment, water resources and electricity, geodesy and mapping Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development - for decentralisation
Dissolved	8 December 1979^[1]
Superseding agency	Department of National Development and Energy
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Australian Capital Territory
Minister responsible	Kevin Newman, Minister for National Development
Department executive	Alan Woods, Secretary

The Department of National Development was an Australian government department that existed between December 1977 and December 1979. It was the second Australian Government Department to be named the Department of National Development.

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 was responsible for the following:^[1]

National energy planning and research
Minerals exploration and resource assessment
Water resources and electricity
Geodesy and mapping
Decentralisation

Structure

The Department was an Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for National Development, Kevin Newman.^[1] The Secretary of the Department was A.J. Woods.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 CA 2475: Department of National Development [II], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 4 December 2013

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