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Department Of Primary Industry (1956–1974)
The Department of Primary Industry was an Australian government department that existed between January 1956 and June 1974. 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 the department's creation the department was responsible for the administration of Commonwealth policy on agricultural production, including responsibility for export inspection services, fisheries development and whaling. Among other things, the department was tasked with developing price stabilization and marketing plans for many agricultural commodities, including wheat. Structure The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Primary Industry. References Primary Industry The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Trade And Customs (Australia)
The Department of Trade and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1956. It was one of the inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation. History The department was one of the first seven Commonwealth Government departments to be established in the Federation year, 1901. The first head of the department was Harry Wollaston, appointed in 1901. In that first year, Wollaston and Charles Kingston worked closely together in drafting legislation and the first Commonwealth customs tariff. In 1956, the department was abolished and most of its functions were split between the Department of Customs and Excise and the Department of Trade. 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. By 1906 the department was responsible for: *bounties; *copyrig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Moroney (public Servant)
James Vincent Moroney (17 December 1898 – 30 August 1965) was a senior Australian public servant and policymaker. Life and career Jim Moroney was born on 17 December 1898 in Bochara, Victoria. For schooling, he attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat. Moroney began his Australian Public Service, Commonwealth public service career in 1916, in Melbourne as a clerk at the Prime Minister's Department (Australia), Prime Minister's Department. He went on to work in the Department of Markets and Migration, the Department of Commerce (Australia), Department of Commerce and the Department of Commerce and Agriculture. In February 1956, Moroney was appointed Departmental secretary, Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry (1956–1974), Department of Primary Industry. He stayed in the position until 1962, when he was appointed to a three year term as chairman of the AWB Limited, Wheat Board. At the Wheat Board, under Moroney's leadership, the board successfully disposed of thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Government Departments Of Australia
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Australian Public Service
The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration, public policy, and public services of the departments and executive and statutory agencies of the Government of Australia. The Australian Public Service was established at the Federation of Australia in 1901 as the Commonwealth Public Service and modelled on the Westminster system and United Kingdom's Civil Service. The establishment and operation of the Australian Public Service is governed by the ''Public Service Act 1999'' of the Parliament of Australia as an "apolitical public service that is efficient and effective in serving the Government, the Parliament and the Australian public". The conduct of Australian public servants is also governed by a Code of Conduct and guided by the APS Values set by the Australian Public Service Commission. As such, the employees and officers of the Australian Public Service are obliged to serve th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machinery Of Government
The machinery of government (sometimes abbreviated as MoG) is the interconnected structures and processes of government, such as the functions and accountability of ministry (government department), departments in the executive (government), executive branch of government. The term is used particularly in the context of changes to established systems of public administration where different elements of machinery are created. The phrase "machinery of government" was thought to have been first used by Author Stuart Mill J.S in ''Considerations on Representative Government'' (1861). It was notably used to a public audience by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a radio broadcast in 1934, commenting on the role of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in delivering the New Deal. A number of national governments, including those of Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom, have adopted the term in official usage. Australia In Australia, the terms ‘machinery o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Department
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона", т. XIX (1896): Мекенен — Мифу-Баня, "Министерства", с. 351—357 :s:ru:ЭСБЕ/Министерства These types of organizations are usually led by a politician who is a member of a cabinet—a body of high-ranking government officials—who may use a title such as minister, secretary, or commissioner, and are typically staffed with members of a non-political civil service, who manage its operations; they may also oversee other government agencies and organizations as part of a political portfolio. Governments may have differing numbers and types of ministries and departments. In some countries, these terms may be used with specif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra
Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. As of June 2021, Canberra's estimated population was 453,558. The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Indigenous Australians for up to 21,000 years, with the principal group being the Ngunnawal people. European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John's Anglican Church and Blundells Cottage. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved. Following a long dispute over whether Sydney or Melbourne should be the national capital, a compromise was reached: the new capital would be buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barton, Australian Capital Territory
Barton (postcode: 2600) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. At the , Barton had a population of 1,946 people. Barton is adjacent to Capital Hill. It contains the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Attorney-General's Department, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and several other Commonwealth government departments. On Kings Avenue is the controversial Edmund Barton Building, which was made a heritage listed building in 2005, but its modernist design has often been criticized. The boundary of Barton runs along Telopea Park East in the south east. On the east side it surrounds the East Basin of Lake Burley Griffin. In the north east the boundary is Morshead Drive. The boundary continues along Kings Avenue all the way to State Circle. State Circle forms the boundary with Capital Hill to the west. The boundary then extends along the centre of Sydney Avenue, and finally along New South Wales Crescent back to Telopea Park. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Ives
Walter Ives (26 August 191720 December 2006) was a senior Australian public servant. He was head of the Department of Primary Industry from 1968 to 1978. Life and career Walter Ives was born on 26 August 1917. Ives worked in the CSIRO, and was appointed to the Department of Primary Industry in 1969 from his position there. As the Department of Primary Industry transitioned to become the Department of Agriculture, and then the Department of Primary Industry again, Ives remained its head. In May 1978, Ives was named as the first chairman of the Primary Industry Bank of Australia, and he left the Department of Primary Industry. Ives died on 20 December 2006, aged 89. Awards Ives was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1976 for his public service. References 1917 births 2006 deaths Australian public servants Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire CSIRO people Burials in New South Wales {{Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Clement Borthwick Maiden
Alfred Clement Borthwick "Alf" Maiden (21 August 192230 July 1979) was a senior Australian public servant and businessman. He was Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry between October 1962 and December 1968. Life and career Alfred Maiden was born on 21 August 1922 in Taree, New South Wales. At 16 he began a four-year program at New England University College, graduating in history and economics with honours after just three years. He joined the army in 1941, at 19, and during World War II was positioned in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of .... In October 1962, Maiden was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry He resigned from the role in 1968 to become managing director of the International Wool Secretariat in London. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crawford (economist)
Sir John Grenfell Crawford (4 April 1910 – 28 October 1984) was an agricultural economist and a key architect of Australia's post-war growth. Early life, education and family Born in Hurstville, Sydney, Crawford was the tenth of twelve children of Henry Crawford and Harriet Isabel Crawford, née Wood. Crawford was educated at Sydney Boys High School and the University of Sydney. Crawford married Jessie Morgan on 18 May 1935 and together they had a daughter. Career In 1941 Crawford helped to create the Agricultural Economics Section of the New South Wales Government's Department of Agriculture. In 1942 he began working at the Department of War Organisation of Industry, before being appointed Director of Research at the Department of Post-War Reconstruction in 1943. In 1945 he was appointed inaugural Director of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, followed by Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Agriculture (later Department of Trade), and then Secretary of the Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Commerce And Agriculture
The Department of Commerce and Agriculture was an Australian government department that existed between December 1942 and January 1956. 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 the department's creation it was responsible for: *Agriculture Production *Agricultural Economics *Assistance to Primary Producers *Australian Agricultural Council *Collection and dissemination of commercial intelligence and general information *Contact with State Departments of Agriculture regarding agricultural production *Contact with the following organization and administration of any Commonwealth Acts under which they are established: **Australian Apple and Pear Advisory Council **Australian Apple and Pear Marketing Board **Australian Barley Board **Australian Canned Fruits Board **Australian Citrus Advi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
