Appendix 5: Changes to administrative arrangements, 2007-08
The following table shows changes occurring during 2007–08. This table should be referred to when comparing agency numbers from one year to another.
| Date | Agency employees moved from | Agency employees moved to | Number of ongoing staff | Number of non-ongoing staff | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/07/2007 | OWS | OWO | 268 | 31 | OWS, which was an executive agency, was abolished and OWO was established as a new statutory agency |
| 1/07/2007 | DEWR | Workplace Authority | 472 | 25 | Workplace Authority was established as a new statutory agency, taking over functions from DEWR and OEA |
| 3/12/2007 | DITR | DIISR | 1581 | 170 | DITR abolished and functions split between DIISR, DRET, Infrastructure and BoM |
| 3/12/2007 | IP Australia | DIISR | 910 | 44 | DITR abolished and IP Australia function placed in DIISR |
| 3/12/2007 | DITR | DRET | 308 | 18 | DITR abolished and functions split between DIISR, DRET, Infrastructure and BoM |
| 3/12/2007 | Geoscience Australia | DRET | 593 | 128 | DITR abolished and Geoscience Australia function placed in DIISR |
| 3/12/2007 | DITR | Infrastructure | 3 | . | DITR abolished and functions split between DIISR, DRET, Infrastructure and BoM |
| 3/12/2007 | DITR | BoM | 34 | 1 | DITR abolished and functions split between DIISR, DRET, Infrastructure and BoM |
| 3/12/2007 | DEST | DIISR | 115 | 11 | DEST abolished and functions split between DEEWR, DIISR and DRET |
| 3/12/2007 | Questacon | DIISR | 80 | 168 | DEST abolished and Questacon function placed in DIISR |
| 3/12/2007 | DEST | DEEWR | 2108 | 268 | DEST abolished and functions split between DEEWR, DIISR and DRET |
| 3/12/2007 | DEST | DRET | 6 | . | DEST abolished and functions split between DEEWR, DIISR and DRET |
| 3/12/2007 | DCITA | DBCDE | 521 | 59 | DCITA abolished and functions split between DBCDE, DEWHA, DoHA and DIISR |
| 3/12/2007 | DCITA | DEWHA | 282 | 66 | DCITA abolished and functions split between DBCDE, DEWHA, DoHA and DIISR |
| 3/12/2007 | DCITA | DoHA | 16 | 3 | DCITA abolished and functions split between DBCDE, DEWHA, DoHA and DIISR |
| 3/12/2007 | DCITA | DIISR | 5 | . | DCITA abolished and functions split between DBCDE, DEWHA, DoHA and DIISR |
| 3/12/2007 | DEWR | DEEWR | 3081 | 163 | DEWR abolished and majority of functions moved to DEEWR and FaHCSIA |
| 3/12/2007 | DEWR | FaHCSIA | 110 | 2 | DEWR abolished and majority of functions moved to DEEWR and FaHCSIA |
| 17/12/2007 | PM&C | Finance and Deregulation | 6 | 2 | Government Communications Unit and AUSPIC functions moved from PM&C to Finance |
| 19/12/2007 | Productivity Commission | Finance and Deregulation | 20 | 1 | Office of Best Practice Regulation moved from Productivity Commission to Finance |
| 21/12/2007 | DEWHA | Department of Climate Change | 158 | 21 | New AAO arrangements following 2007 elections resulted in certain functions from a number of agencies being transferred to the new Department of Climate Change |
| 24/12/2007 | PM&C | Department of Climate Change | 17 | 2 | New AAO arrangements following 2007 elections resulted in certain functions from a number of agencies being transferred to the new Department of Climate Change |
| 10/01/2008 | Attorney-General’s | PM&C | 11 | 1 | FOI and privacy functions moved from AGs to PM&C |
| 24/01/2008 | Infrastructure | Attorney-General’s Department | 62 | . | Territories functions moved from Infrastructure to AGs |
| 12/02/2008 | FaHCSIA | PM&C | 4 | . | Family impact statements function moved from FaHCSIA to PM&C |
| 21/02/2008 | Commonwealth Grants Commission | Treasury | 38 | 9 | Commonwealth Grants Commission function moved from Finance to Treasury |
| 28/02/2008 | DEEWR | Australian Research Council | 12 | 1 | AAO change of 3/12/2007 moved function from DEST to DEEWR. Amendment in Jan 2008 resulted in function moving to DIISR portfolio and this particular part to the ARC |
| 14/03/2008 | FaHCSIA | DEEWR | 387 | 51 | Early childhood, childcare and youth policy functions moved from FaHCSIA to DEEWR |
| 20/03/2008 | DEEWR | DIISR | 27 | . | AAO change of 3/12/2007 moved function from DEST to DEEWR. Amendment in Jan 2008 resulted in function moving to DIISR portfolio |
| 31/03/2008 | National Water Commission | DEWHA | 9 | . | New AAO arrangements following 2007 election resulted in certain functions of NWC moved to DEWHA |
| 17/04/2008 | DEWHA | DRET | 4 | . | New AAO arrangements following 2007 election resulted in certain functions of DEWHA moved to DRET |
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