Department_of_State_Growth_(Tasmania)

Department of State Growth

Department of State Growth

Government agency of Tasmania, Australia

The Department of State Growth is the Tasmanian Government department with responsibility for driving state growth.

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The Department is led by its Secretary, Craig Limkin.[3]

The Department of State Growth is responsible for the following statutory and non-statutory bodies: Antarctic Tasmania, Arts Tasmania, Business Tasmania, Events Tasmania, Forest Practices Authority, Sustainable Timber Tasmania, Hydro Tasmania, Infrastructure Tasmania, Metro Tasmania, Mineral Resources Tasmania, Office of the Coordinator-General, Private Forests Tasmania, Racing Services Tasmania, Screen Tasmania, Skills Tasmania, Tasmanian Development Board, Tasmanian Institute of Sport, TasRail, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Tourism Tasmania, TT-Line Company, and the West Coast Wilderness Railway.

History

The department was formed on 18 September 1998 from the amalgamation of Private Forests Tasmania, the Department of Transport, the Workplace Standards Authority and parts of other Government departments and was called the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.[4]

On 1 July 2014 the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts was amalgamated with the department and the name changed to the Department of State Growth.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Department of State Growth. "Annual Report 2022-23" (PDF). p. 9. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    Department of Treasury and Finance. "2023-24 Budget - Government Services - Budget Paper No 2 Volume 1" (PDF). p. 277. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Organisational structure". Department of State Growth. Tasmanian Government. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. [4]
    Tasmanian State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 2) 1998 (Tas).
  5. [5]
    State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 2) 2014 (Tas).
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