Department of Defence Support

Department of Defence Support
Department overview
Formed 7 May 1982[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved 13 December 1984[1]
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Reid, Canberra
Ministers responsible
Department executive

The Department of Defence Support was an Australian government department that existed between May 1982 and December 1984.

History

The Department was established by the Fraser Government after a recommendation from the Defence Review Committee, which concluded that there were disadvantages in the previous large structure of the Defence Department.[2] Charles Halton became Secretary of the new department. In July 1984 a 27-person senior executive team was appointed to assist the departmental Secretary, of which only one was a woman.[3]

The Department was abolished in December 1984, after Bob Hawke was elected Prime Minister in the 1983 Australian federal election.[4] Hawke reasoned that the needs of Defence policy making in Australia would be better served if all responsibilities were bought together within the one portfolio.[4]

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.

Functions of the Department at its creation were:[1]

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Defence Support.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 CA 3254: Department of Defence Support, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 11 January 2014
  2. Fraser, Malcolm (7 May 1982). "Ministry and Departmental Changes" (Press release). Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
  3. "'Significant change' in PS practice". The Canberra Times. 24 July 1984. p. 9. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 Hawke, Robert (11 December 1984). "Changes to the Ministry and Departmental Arrangements" (Press release). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.


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