Department of Industry, Science and Tourism

Department of Industry, Science and Tourism

Department overview
Formed	11 March 1996[1]
Preceding Department	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet – for certain science functions Department of Tourism Department of Housing and Regional Development – for industry aspects of the housing function Department of Industry, Science and Technology
Dissolved	21 October 1998[1]
Superseding Department	Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Minister responsible	John Moore, Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism
Department executives	Greg Taylor, Secretary (1996) Russell Higgins, Secretary (1997–1998)
Website	dist.gov.au at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 November 1996)

The Department of Industry, Science and Tourism (also called DIST) was an Australian government department that existed between March 1996 and October 1998.