Department of Overseas Trade (Australia)


The Department of Overseas Trade was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and December 1977.

History

The Department was one of several new Departments established by the Whitlam Government, a wide restructuring that revealed some of the new government's program.

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:
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Overseas Trade.