13/2008
1 May 2008
The Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, has today approved the establishment of Old Parliament House as an Executive Agency under the Public Service Act 1999.
I will provide Ministerial oversight of the agency.
Establishing Old Parliament House as an Executive Agency recognises its important role in interpreting Australia’s social and political history.
Old Parliament House, currently administered as part of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, will move to the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio with effect from 1 July 2008.
The National Archives of Australia, currently an Executive Agency in the Finance and Deregulation portfolio, has been transferred to the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio from today.
I have also assumed Ministerial responsibility within the Prime Minister’s portfolio for the Australian National Audit Office and the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.
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