The Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources was an

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that existed between November 2001 and December 2007.

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, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website. At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following: *Manufacturing and commerce, including industry and market development *Industry innovation policy and technology diffusion *Promotion of industrial research and development *Mineral and energy industries, including oil and gas, and electricity *Energy-specific international organisations and activities *Biotechnology, excluding gene technology regulation *Export services *Energy and resources science and research *Geoscience research and information services *Marketing, including export promotion, of manufactures and services *Investment promotion and facilitation *Enterprise improvement *Tourism industry *Construction industry *Small business policy and implementation, including business entry point management *Facilitation of the development of service industries generally *Bounties on the production of goods *Patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks *Country of origin labelling *Weights and measures standards *Civil space issues *Analytical laboratory services *Geodesy, mapping, remote sensing and land information co-ordination *Ionospheric prediction *Administration of export controls on energy products

Structure

The Department was an

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department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane. The Secretary of the Department was Mark I. Paterson.

References

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