Department of Housing and Construction (1978–1982)

The Department of Housing and Construction was an Australian government department that existed between December 1978 and May 1982.

Department of Housing and Construction

Department overview
Formed	5 December 1978[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Construction Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development
Dissolved	7 May 1982[1]
Superseding Department	Department of Social Security (Australia) Department of Industry and Commerce (II) Department of Transport and Construction
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible	Ray Groom, Minister (1978–1980) Tom McVeigh, Minister (1980–1982)
Department executives	George Warwick Smith, Secretary (1978–1980) Collin Freeland[2] Secretary (1980–1982)

Scope

Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.

The functions of the Department at its creation were:^[1]

• Planning, execution and maintenance of Commonwealth Government Works
• Housing
• Building industry
• Design and maintenance of furniture, furnishings and fittings for the Commonwealth Government

Structure

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Housing and Construction.^[1]