The Department of Business and Consumer Affairs was an
Australian government
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department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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that existed between December 1975 and May 1982.
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:
*Business practices
*Duties of customs and excise
*Bounties on the production or export of goods
*Bankruptcy and insolvency
*Patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks
*Copyrights
*Consumer Affairs.
Structure
The Department was an
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 G ...
department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs.
References
Ministries established in 1975
Business and Consumer Affairs
1975 establishments in Australia
1982 disestablishments in Australia
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