Department of the Media

Department of the Media
Department overview
Formed	19 December 1972
Preceding Department	Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts – for film industry, government printing, publishing, advertising; Department of the Interior (II) – for government publicity and information; Postmaster-General's Department – for radio broadcasting and television; Australian Broadcasting Commission;
Dissolved	22 December 1975
Superseding Department	Postal and Telecommunications Department – for electronic media; Department of Administrative Services (II) – for information, printing and publishing; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet – for film making and development of the film industry;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Doug McClelland, Minister (1972–1975); Moss Cass, Minister (1975); Reg Withers, Minister (1975);
Department executives	Ebor Lane, Acting Secretary (1972–1973); James Oswin, Secretary (1973–1975); James Spigelman, Secretary (1975);

The Department of the Media was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and December 1975.

^ ^a ^b CA 1482: Department of the Media, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 14 December 2013
^ Whitlam, Gough (16 June 1975). "Appointments" (Press release). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.

Department overview
Formed	19 December 1972^[1]
Preceding Department	Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts – for film industry, government printing, publishing, advertising Department of the Interior (II) – for government publicity and information Postmaster-General's Department – for radio broadcasting and television; Australian Broadcasting Commission
Dissolved	22 December 1975^[1]
Superseding Department	Postal and Telecommunications Department – for electronic media Department of Administrative Services (II) – for information, printing and publishing Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet – for film making and development of the film industry
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Doug McClelland, Minister (1972–1975) Moss Cass, Minister (1975) Reg Withers, Minister (1975)
Department executives	Ebor Lane, Acting Secretary (1972–1973) James Oswin, Secretary (1973–1975) James Spigelman, Secretary (1975)^[2]