Department of Communications and the Arts (Australia)
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This article is about the 2015–2020 Australian Department of Communications and the Arts. For the 1994–1998 Australian department of the same name, see Department of Communications and the Arts (1994–98). For other uses, see Ministry of Communications.
The Australian Department of Communications and the Arts was a department of the Government of Australia charged with responsibility for communications policy and programs and cultural affairs.
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Formed | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) |
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Dissolved | 31 January 2020 (2020-01-31) |
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Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
Headquarters | Canberra |
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Website | www |
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In December 2019, prime minister Scott Morrison announced that the department would be merged into a new "mega department", the new Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. In response to criticism from the arts sector, Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications and the Arts said that the merger was merely administrative and would not result in budget cuts.[1]