Department of Productivity

Department of Productivity
Department overview
Formed	8 November 1976
Preceding Department	Department of Transport (III) - for materials handling; Department of Business and Consumer Affairs - for patents of inventions and designs and trade marks; Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (I) - for working environment, productivity promotion and national training policy; Department of Industry and Commerce (I) - for efficiency and development of manufacturing and tertiary industries; and manufacture of goods and provision of services for defence purposes;
Dissolved	3 November 1980
Superseding Department	Department of Science and Technology;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Ian Macphee, Minister (1976‑79); Kevin Newman, Minister (1979‑80);
Department executives	D.J. O'Connor, Acting Secretary (1976‑77); Alan Cooley, Secretary (1977‑80); Hugh Ryan, Acting Secretary (1979‑80); D. Eltringham, Secretary (1980);

The Department of Productivity was an Australian government department with the mission to providing increased industrial productivity. The department existed between November 1976 and November 1980, operating under the Fraser government.

^ ^a ^b CA 2129: Department of Productivity, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 11 January 2014
^ Fraser, Malcolm (14 January 1977). "Secretary to the Department of Productivity" (Press release). Archived from the original on 20 March 2014.

[NAA_CA_2129-1] CA 2129: Department of Productivity, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 11 January 2014

[2] Fraser, Malcolm (14 January 1977). "Secretary to the Department of Productivity" (Press release). Archived from the original on 20 March 2014.

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Department overview
Formed	8 November 1976^[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Transport (III) - for materials handling Department of Business and Consumer Affairs - for patents of inventions and designs and trade marks Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (I) - for working environment, productivity promotion and national training policy Department of Industry and Commerce (I) - for efficiency and development of manufacturing and tertiary industries; and manufacture of goods and provision of services for defence purposes
Dissolved	3 November 1980^[1]
Superseding Department	Department of Science and Technology
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Ian Macphee, Minister (1976‑79) Kevin Newman, Minister (1979‑80)
Department executives	D.J. O'Connor, Acting Secretary (1976‑77) Alan Cooley^[2], Secretary (1977‑80) Hugh Ryan, Acting Secretary (1979‑80) D. Eltringham, Secretary (1980)