Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

The building at 62 Northbourne Avenue in Canberra, which housed part of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development.
Department overview
Formed18 September 2013[1]
Preceding agencies
Dissolved20 December 2017
Superseding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth Government
Employees1408 (at June 2016)[2]
Annual budgetA$6.9 billion (Department of Infrastructure and Transport 2013–14)
Ministers responsible
Department executives

The Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development was an Australian Government department that existed between September 2013 and December 2017.[3] Matters dealt with by the department included: infrastructure planning and coordination; transport safety; land transport; civil aviation and airports; maritime transport including shipping; administration of Australian territories; constitutional development of the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory; regional programs; regional development; local government matters; and regional policy.[4]

The head of the department was the secretary of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, who reported to the minister for Infrastructure and Transport, the minister for Regional Development and the minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects.

Ministers for the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Start date End date Minister
18 September 2013 18 February 2016 Warren Truss
18 February 2016 20 December 2017 Darren Chester
18 February 2016 27 October 2017 Fiona Nash
21 September 2015 20 December 2017 Paul Fletcher
18 September 2013 21 September 2015 Jamie Briggs

The department was headquartered in the Canberra central business district at Infrastructure House and the neighbouring building to Infrastructure House.[5]

  1. ^ CA 9427: Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 April 2014
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2015–16". infrastructure.gov.au.
  3. ^ "Our role, responsibilities and services". Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. Commonwealth of Australia. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference AAO Sep 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Brookfield (2012). "Brookfield Office Properties: Infrastructure House". Brookfield. Retrieved 13 October 2012.