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{{Short description|Australian government department}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = Department of Communications
|logo =
|logo_width = 200 px
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|formed = 23 December 1993<ref name="NAA CA 7852">{{citation|title=CA 7852: Department of Communications [II], Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+7852|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=5 December 2013}}</ref>
|preceding1 = [[Department of Transport and Communications]]
|dissolved = 30 January 1994<ref name="NAA CA 7852"/>
|superseding = [[Department of Communications and the Arts (1994–98)|Department of Communications and the Arts]]
|type = Department
|jurisdiction = [[Government of Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]]
|employees =
|budget =
|minister1_name = [[Michael Lee (Australian politician)|Michael Lee]]
|minister1_pfo = Minister for Communications
| chief1_name = [[Neville Stevens]]
| chief1_position = Secretary
| headquarters =
}}
The '''Department of Communications''' was an [[Government of Australia|Australian government]] department that existed between December&nbsp;1993 and January&nbsp;1994.
==Scope==
Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the [[Machinery of government#Australian Government Administrative Arrangement Orders|Administrative Arrangements Orders]], the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.
At its creation, the Department was responsible for:<ref name="NAA CA 7852"/>
*Postal and telecommunications services
*Management of the electromagnetic spectrum
*Broadcasting services
==Structure==
The Department was an [[Australian Public Service]] department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Communications, [[Michael Lee (Australian politician)|Michael Lee]].<ref name="NAA CA 7852"/> The Secretary of the Department was Neville Stevens.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=9093|title=STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE HON P J KEATING, MP MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS|date=23 December 1993|first=Paul|last=Keating|author-link=Paul Keating|archivedate=6 December 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206050937/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=9093}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Ministries established in 1993]]
[[Category:Defunct government departments of Australia|Communications]]
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