Function Term:
Government administration and governance
Function Number:
Function Description:
The function of providing administrative support to government. This includes cabinet and executive council, parliament and other elected bodies such as councils. It encompasses the management of the legislative process and the management of elections. The official duties of the heads of government and major celebrations sponsored by government are also covered by this function. See LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION for the management of local government councils and authorities.
Agencies Performing Function:
Commissariat Department (TA58) | 01 Jan 1804 | 31 Dec 1895 |
Lieutenant-Governor's Office (TA863) | 16 Feb 1804 | 03 Dec 1825 |
Colonial Storekeeper's Department (TA1599) | 01 Jan 1824 | 01 Jan 1907 |
Executive Council (TA62) | 01 Jan 1825 |
Colonial Secretary's Office (1) (TA151) | 01 Jan 1825 | 31 Dec 1856 |
Governor's Office (TA315) | 01 Jan 1825 |
Legislative Council (1) (TA324) | 01 Jan 1825 | 31 Dec 1851 |
Audit Department (TA57) | 01 Jan 1826 |
Committee for the Care and Treatment of Captured Aborigines (TA261) | 01 Jan 1830 | 31 Dec 1833 |
Registrar-General's Department (TA85) | 01 Jan 1838 | 15 Mar 1983 |
Government Printer's Department (TA67) | 01 Jan 1839 | 31 Dec 1948 |
Census Commission (TA59) | 01 Jan 1841 |
Committee of Officers for Reviewing Convict Expenditure (TA736) | 01 Jan 1843 | 31 Dec 1870 |
Court of Enquiry Into Irregularities on Board the Convict Transport Gilmore (TA259) | 01 Aug 1843 | 30 Sep 1843 |
Legislative Council (2) (TA325) | 01 Jan 1851 | 31 Dec 1856 |
Electoral Returning Officers (TA854) | 01 Jan 1851 | 31 Dec 1906 |
Parliament (TA52) | 01 Jan 1856 |
Office of the Treasurer (TA424) | 01 Jan 1856 |
Office of the Attorney-General. (TA1523) | 01 Jan 1856 |
Colonial Secretary's Office (2) (TA152) | 01 Jan 1857 | 31 Dec 1882 |
Royal Commission Into Public Departments (TA701) | 01 Jan 1857 | 31 Dec 1857 |
Royal Commission Into Parliamentary Buildings (TA719) | 01 Jan 1858 | 31 Dec 1859 |
Royal Commission Into the Parliamentary Library (TA720) | 01 Jan 1867 | 31 Dec 1868 |
Office of the Minister for Lands and Works (TA411) | 01 Jan 1869 |
Board of Tenders (TA229) | 01 Jan 1880 | 31 Dec 1923 |
Premiers Department (1) (TA35) | 01 Jan 1882 | 31 Dec 1946 |
Chief Secretary's Office/Department (TA153) | 01 Jan 1882 | 31 Dec 1946 |
Office of the Chief Secretary (TA395) | 01 Jan 1882 | 31 May 1976 |
Office of the Premier (TA416) | 01 Jan 1882 |
Agent-General's Office (TA174) | 01 Jan 1885 | 31 Dec 1981 |
Federal Council of Australasia (TA687) | 01 Jan 1886 | 31 Dec 1886 |
Board of Tenders for Public Works (TA228) | 01 Jan 1897 |
Police Provident Fund Board (TA239) | 01 Jan 1898 |
Office of the Minister for Agriculture (TA990) | 01 Jan 1899 |
Office of the Minister for Education (TA398) | 12 Oct 1899 |
Office of the Minister for Railways (TA893) | 12 Oct 1899 | 06 Aug 1934 |
Electoral Department (TA64) | 01 Jan 1903 | 31 Dec 1989 |
State Teachers Superannuation Fund Board (TA214) | 01 Jan 1904 |
Public Service Board (1) (TA79) | 01 Jan 1905 | 31 Dec 1918 |
Public Service Superannuation Board (TA1029) | 01 Jan 1905 | 31 Dec 1939 |
Local Government Commission (TA213) | 01 Jan 1906 | 31 Dec 1908 |
Department of Stores (TA1099) | 01 Jan 1914 | 31 Dec 1923 |
Parliamentary Draftsman's Department (TA685) | 17 Jul 1914 | 30 Nov 1971 |
Railway Service Appeal Board (TA190) | 01 Jan 1917 | 31 Dec 1978 |
National Park Board (TA427) | 01 Jan 1917 | 31 Dec 1947 |
Public Service Commissioners Office (TA375) | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1973 |
Royal Commission Into the Education Department (TA708) | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1919 |
Salaries Board (TA80) | 01 Jan 1923 | 31 Dec 1927 |
Supply and Tender Department (TA87) | 01 Jan 1923 | 31 Dec 1989 |
State Development Advisory Board (TA189) | 01 Jan 1923 | 31 Dec 1929 |
Supply and Tender Board (TA389) | 01 Jan 1923 |
Office of the Minister for Forests (TA404) | 01 Jan 1925 |
Board of Reference (TA81) | 01 Jan 1927 | 31 Dec 1938 |
Inquiry Into Charges Against Inspector and Assistant Inspector of Public Works (TA240) | 01 Jan 1928 | 31 Dec 1928 |
Office of the Minister Administering the Hydro-Electric Commission Act (TA407) | 01 Jun 1928 | 31 Dec 1976 |
Education Department Appeal Board (TA202) | 01 Jan 1932 |
Government Accommodation Board (TA200) | 01 Jan 1934 | 30 Apr 1965 |
Office of the Minister for Health (TA406) | 01 Jan 1934 |
Office of the Minister for Transport (TA423) | 01 Jul 1934 |
Superannuation Fund Board (TA216) | 01 Jan 1938 |
Classification Board (TA83) | 01 Jan 1939 | 31 Dec 1947 |
Dr Frank Madill (TA2138) | 05 Sep 1941 |
Office of the Minister for Tourism (TA422) | 01 Jan 1942 |
Tasmanian Railways Award Board of Reference (TA295) | 01 Jan 1943 | 31 Dec 1944 |
State Economic Planning Authority (TA225) | 01 Jan 1945 |
Local Government Office (TA188) | 01 Feb 1945 |
Premier's and Chief Secretary's Department (TA22) | 01 Jan 1946 | 31 Dec 1976 |
Office of the Minister for Immigration (TA408) | 01 Jan 1946 | 27 May 1982 |
Office of the Minister for Housing (TA985) | 10 Dec 1946 | 31 Dec 1975 |
Classification and Appeal Board (TA374) | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1959 |
Royal Commission Into Road Transport Services (TA1831) | 01 Dec 1947 | 31 Dec 1947 |
Government Printing Office (TA767) | 01 Jul 1948 | 16 Mar 1994 |
Sesqui-Centennial Committee (TA199) | 01 Jan 1949 | 31 Dec 1954 |
Joint Departmental Advisory Council (TA196) | 01 Jan 1950 |
Commonwealth Jubilee Committee (State) (TA205) | 01 Jan 1950 | 31 Dec 1951 |
Committee of Inquiry Into Certain Matters Affecting the Public Works Department (TA331) | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1952 |
Hobart Metropolitan Planning Committee (TA173) | 01 Jan 1954 | 31 Dec 1958 |
Mechanical Aids Advisory Committee (TA182) | 01 Jan 1955 | 02 Nov 1982 |
Inquiry Into Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances (TA280) | 01 Jan 1955 | 31 Dec 1955 |
Board of Inquiry Into Statements by Minister for Health (TA302) | 01 Jan 1955 |
Police Disciplinary Board (TA248) | 01 Jan 1956 | 31 Dec 1966 |
Office of the Minister Responsible for Local Government (TA412) | 01 Oct 1956 |
Office of the Minister for Police (TA415) | 23 Oct 1956 |
Southern Metropolitan Master Planning Authority (TA172) | 01 Jan 1958 |
Office of the Deputy Premier (TA744) | 01 Jan 1958 |
Public Service Tribunal (TA367) | 01 Jan 1959 | 31 Dec 1973 |
Office of the Minister for Industrial Development (TA409) | 01 May 1959 | 31 May 1976 |
Office of the Minister for Racing and Gaming (TA418) | 01 May 1959 | 31 Dec 1989 |
Public Service Appeal Board (TA82) | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1985 |
Inquiry Into Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances (TA281) | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1960 |
Tasmanian Industrial Boards (TA273) | 01 Jan 1963 | 31 Dec 1984 |
Public Offices Committee (TA1101) | 01 Jan 1963 | 31 Dec 1996 |
Municipal Commission of Tasmania (TA177) | 01 Jan 1964 | 31 Dec 1980 |
Parliamentary Salaries Tribunal (TA282) | 01 Jan 1964 | 31 Dec 1964 |
Archives Office of Tasmania (TA380) | 22 Dec 1965 |
Parliamentary Salaries Tribunal (TA283) | 01 Jan 1967 | 31 Dec 1967 |
Tasmania Week Committee (TA231) | 01 Jan 1968 | 31 Dec 1968 |
Cabinet Office (TA1432) | 27 May 1969 |
Parliamentary Salaries Tribunal (TA284) | 01 Jan 1970 | 31 Dec 1970 |
Retirement Benefits Fund Board (TA1102) | 01 Jan 1970 |
Parliamentary Counsel's Department (TA927) | 30 Nov 1971 | 31 Mar 1978 |
Office of the Minister for Community Welfare and Child Care/Elderly (TA396) | 01 May 1972 |
Office of the Minister for the Environment (TA401) | 03 May 1972 | 31 Jul 1989 |
Public Service Board Department (TA78) | 01 Jan 1973 | 31 Dec 1985 |
Public Service Arbitrator (TA310) | 01 Jan 1973 | 31 Dec 1984 |
Public Service Board (2) (TA369) | 01 Jan 1973 | 31 Dec 1984 |
Microfilm Committee (TA1491) | 19 Mar 1973 | 31 May 1982 |
Law Reform Commission of Tasmania (TA243) | 01 Jan 1974 | 31 Dec 1988 |
Office of the Minister for the Arts (TA394) | 01 Jan 1974 |
Office of the Minister for Road Safety (TA877) | 01 Jan 1974 | 31 Dec 1985 |
Office of the Minister for National Parks, Wildlife and Heritage (TA414) | 17 Apr 1974 |
Office of the Minister for Sport and Recreation (TA419) | 17 Apr 1974 |
Steering Committee of the State Strategy Plan (TA171) | 18 Apr 1974 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Court of Marine Enquiry Into Lake Illawarra Collision (TA241) | 01 Jan 1975 | 31 Dec 1975 |
Computer Policy Committee (TA979) | 01 Jan 1975 | 27 Jan 1981 |
Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (TA991) | 01 Jan 1975 | 31 Dec 1976 |
Office of the Minister for Emergency Services (TA399) | 31 Mar 1975 |
Premier's Department (2) (TA166) | 01 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1985 |
Office of the Minister for Industrial Relations (1) (TA410) | 01 Jan 1976 |
Office of the Minister for Primary Industry (TA417) | 01 Jan 1976 |
Office of the Minister for Resources and Energy (TA420) | 01 Dec 1976 | 31 Aug 1978 |
Office of the Minister for Housing and Construction (TA741) | 22 Dec 1976 | 06 May 1980 |
Office of the Minister for Ethnic Affairs (TA402) | 01 Dec 1977 |
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (TA928) | 31 Mar 1978 |
Office of the Minister for Economic Planning and Development (TA397) | 01 Jul 1978 | 31 Dec 1982 |
Office of the Minister for Water Resources (TA425) | 01 Jul 1978 |
Ombudsman (TA322) | 01 Jan 1979 |
Review of Tasmanian Government Administration (Phase 2) (TA473) | 01 Jan 1979 | 31 Dec 1982 |
Office of the Minister for Administrative Services (TA745) | 01 Jan 1979 |
Office of the Minister for Finance (TA403) | 01 Jan 1980 |
Office of the Minister for Handicapped Persons Services (TA405) | 06 May 1980 | 31 May 1982 |
Office of the Minister for Energy (TA400) | 01 Sep 1980 |
Computer Policy Advisory Committee (TA326) | 01 Jan 1981 | 31 Dec 1986 |
Devonport City Council (TA431) | 01 Jan 1981 |
Office of the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (TA393) | 01 Jan 1982 | 31 Dec 1985 |
Office of the Minister for Sea Fisheries (TA421) | 01 Jan 1982 |
Royal Commission Into the Constitution Act 1934 (TA1743) | 01 Jan 1982 | 31 Dec 1982 |
Board of Inquiry Into Service Incremental Payments Scheme (TA276) | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 1983 |
Registrar-General's Division (TA914) | 15 Mar 1983 |
Deregulation Advisory Board (TA2115) | 01 Jul 1983 |
Tasmanian Industrial Commission (TA290) | 01 Jan 1985 |
Department of Public Administration (TA321) | 01 Jan 1985 | 31 Dec 1990 |
Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment (TA360) | 01 Jan 1985 | 01 May 2001 |
Office of the Commissioner for Review (TA361) | 01 Jan 1985 | 01 May 2001 |
Department of the Premier and Cabinet (TA251) | 01 Feb 1985 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Interim Computer Policy Advisory Committee (TA491) | 01 Jan 1986 | 31 Dec 1989 |
Law Reform Commissioner (TA681) | 01 Jan 1988 | 31 Dec 1997 |
Office of the Minister Assisting the Premier on Aboriginal Affairs (TA1427) | 01 Jan 1989 | 31 Dec 1992 |
Office of the Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs (TA1431) | 01 Jan 1989 | 31 Dec 1992 |
Office of the Minister for Youth Affairs (TA1005) | 01 Jul 1989 |
Office of the Minister for Education and the Arts (TA1006) | 01 Jul 1989 |
Office of the Minister for Employment, Industrial Relations and Training (TA1007) | 01 Jul 1989 |
Office of the Minister for Environment and Planning (TA1008) | 01 Jul 1989 | 28 Feb 1993 |
Office of the Minister Assisting the Premier on the Status of Women (TA1024) | 01 Jul 1989 | 31 Jan 1992 |
Department of Administrative Services (TA898) | 17 Jul 1989 | 07 Nov 1989 |
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (TA923) | 17 Jul 1989 |
Department of Premier & Cabinet (TA926) | 17 Jul 1989 |
Tasmanian Electoral Office (TA988) | 17 Jul 1989 |
State Purchasing & Sales (TA989) | 17 Jul 1989 | 30 Jun 1999 |
Office of the Minister for Community Services (TA992) | 17 Jul 1989 |
Office of the Minister for Justice. (TA1524) | 17 Jul 1989 |
Department of Administrative Services and Consumer Affairs (TA899) | 07 Nov 1989 | 18 Feb 1992 |
Department of Treasury and Finance (TA916) | 07 Nov 1989 |
Royal Commission Into an Attempt to Bribe a Member of the House of Assembly, and Other Matters (TA975) | 01 Jan 1990 | 31 Dec 1991 |
Tasmanian Centre for Information Technology (Tascit) (TA1906) | 01 Jan 1990 | 31 Dec 1993 |
Office of the Minister Assisting the Treasurer (TA1525) | 01 Jan 1992 |
Office of the Minister for Public Administration (TA1526) | 01 Jan 1992 |
Office of the Minister for Inland Fisheries (TA1544) | 01 Jan 1992 |
Office of the Enterprise Commissioner (TA2111) | 01 Jan 1992 | 01 Jan 2001 |
Office of the Minister for Police & Public Safety (TA1515) | 01 Feb 1992 | 31 Jul 1998 |
Office of the Minister for Mines (TA1516) | 01 Feb 1992 | 31 Jul 1998 |
Public Sector Management Office (TA1549) | 03 Feb 1993 | 27 Mar 1996 |
Office of the Minister for Public Sector Administration (TA1909) | 03 Feb 1993 | 27 Mar 1996 |
Office of the Minister for Environment & Land Management (TA1495) | 23 Feb 1993 |
Local Government Board (TA1642) | 17 Jan 1994 |
Office of the Minister for Industrial Relations and Training (TA2238) | 28 Feb 1994 | 31 Mar 1996 |
Board of Inquiry Into the Size and Constitution of the Tasmanian Parliament. (TA1107) | 01 Mar 1994 | 31 Dec 1994 |
Office of the Minister for State Development (TA1910) | 01 Mar 1994 | 30 Jun 1996 |
Printing Authority of Tasmania (TA1747) | 17 Mar 1994 |
Communications and Computing Division (TA1625) | 01 Apr 1994 | 31 Dec 1998 |
Committee of Review to Inquire Into Parliamentary Salaries. (TA1109) | 20 Apr 1995 | 09 Jun 1995 |
Office of the Minister for Workplace Standards. (TA1530) | 01 Jan 1996 |
Office of the Government Prices Oversight Commission (TA1635) | 01 Jan 1996 |
Ombudsman & Health Complaints Commissioner (TA2149) | 01 Mar 1997 |
Service Tasmania (TA1733) | 02 Jan 1998 |
Office of the Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (TA1590) | 18 Sep 1998 |
Telecommunications Management Division (Tmd) (TA1941) | 01 Jan 1999 |
Tasmania Together Community Leaders Group (TA1628) | 01 May 1999 | 31 Dec 2001 |
Office of the State Service Commissioner (TA1609) | 01 May 2001 |
Tasmania Together Progress Board (TA1627) | 03 Sep 2001 |
Independent Assessor of the Ombudsmans Review of Claims of Abuse of Children in State Care - Peter Cranswick Qc (TA1746) | 01 Aug 2003 | 30 Jun 2006 |
State Service Management Office (TA1648) | 02 Feb 2004 |
Office of the Minister for Economic Development (TA1835) | 22 Mar 2004 |
Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TA1664) | 16 Feb 2005 |
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TA1814) | 31 Oct 2006 |
Integrity Commission (TA1922) | 01 Oct 2010 |
Office of the Superannuation Commission (TA2251) | 01 Apr 2017 |
Office of the State Archivist (TA2181) | 01 Oct 2017 |
Tasmanian Archives (TA2184) | 01 Nov 2018 |