Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport

Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport

Department overview
Formed	14 December 2011
Preceding Department	Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (arts and sport functions)
Dissolved	18 September 2013
Superseding agency	Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development (regional development and local government functions); Attorney-General's Department (arts functions); and Department of Health (sport functions).
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Employees	601 (at April 2013)
Department executive	Glenys Beauchamp, Secretary
Child agencies	Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority National Capital Authority Australia Council for the Arts Australian Film, Television and Radio School Australian National Maritime Museum Australian Sports Commission Australian Institute of Sport National Film and Sound Archive National Gallery of Australia National Library of Australia National Museum of Australia Screen Australia
Website	regional.gov.au

The Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport was an Australian government department. It was formed in December 2011, absorbing the former Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government along with Arts and Sport functions from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The department was abolished in September 2013 with its functions moved to other Australian Government departments.

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 departmental website.

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 14 December 2011, the Department dealt with:

Subsequent AAOs issued on 9 February 2012 and 16 May 2013 omitted mention of 'Old Parliament House' and 'Support for ministers and parliamentary secretaries with regional responsibilities'. The February 2012 and May 2013 AAOs also replaced the words 'delivery of regional and rural specific services' with 'delivery of regional and territory specific services and programs' and the words 'regional Australia policy and co-ordination' with 'regional policy and co-ordination'.

The department worked to help the Government of the day achieve its policy objectives by contributing to, and reporting against four key outcomes. The 2011–12 departmental annual report (which was the only annual report released by the department during its short period of operation) identified the four outcomes as:

The department was administered by Australian public servants who were responsible to the Minister for Sport, the Minister for the Arts, and the minister and/or parliamentary secretary responsible for regional Australia and local government (given various titles during the life of the department).

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