Department of Communications and the Arts (1994–98)

Department of Communications and the Arts

Department overview
Formed	30 January 1994
Preceding Department	Department of Communications (II)
Dissolved	21 October 1998
Superseding agency	Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Department of the Environment and Heritage
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Michael Lee, Minister for Communications and the Arts (1994-96) Richard Alston, Minister for Communications and the Arts (1996-98)
Department executive	Neville Stevens, Secretary
Website	dca.gov.au

The Department of Communications and the Arts was an Australian government department that existed between January 1994 and October 1998.

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 Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Communications and the Arts, Michael Lee and then Richard Alston.

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