Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications


The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, and Communications is a department of the Australian Federal Government charged with the responsibility of managing infrastructure and regional development policy, communications policy and programs, cultural affairs, and arts. The department was formed from the Department of Communications and the Arts and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development. The announcement of the merger of the two departments drew wide criticism, being seen as an attack on the arts. The department still retains the portfolios relating to arts.

Ministers

, the ministers of state for the department were: