{{short description|Defunct publishing and printing service of the government of Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} The '''Australian Government Publishing Service''' ('''AGPS''') was an Australian Government publishing service that operated from 1970 to 1997 and was the sole centralised Australian Government publishing and printing service. It also had retail outlets for government publications in all state capital cities of Australia.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Australian Government Publishing Service | title=Australian Government Publishing Service : all systems go | date=1992 | publisher=Australian Govt. Pub. Service | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9480458 | access-date=12 February 2012 }}</ref><ref> {{Citation | author1=Australian Government Publishing Service | title=Monthly catalogue | date=1985 | publisher=Australian Govt. Pub. Service | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5332664 | access-date=12 February 2012 }}</ref>
It also produced manuals, and publications specifically oriented towards publishing.
==Closure== In 1997 the production facilities of AGPS, including the Commonwealth Government Printing Office, was closed down. The business was sold to CanPrint Communications Pty Ltd.
After the sale, the printing, publishing and distribution was the responsibility of each individual government department or agency.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Publications|url=https://info.australia.gov.au/about-government/publications|access-date=2022-02-16|website=info.australia.gov.au|publisher=Digital Transformation Agency|language=English}}</ref>
The few remaining functions of AGPS were taken over by its successor, AusInfo, part of the then new Department of Finance and Administration.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Clayton|first1=Peter|title=AGPS is dead: long live AusInfo? | journal=InCite | date=1998 | issue=June | page=15 |hdl=10070/91845}}</ref> The AusInfo website has been archived via a webpage snapshot on Trove.<ref>{{Cite web|title=10 May 2000 - AusInfo - Home Page - Archived Website|url=http://ausinfo.gov.au/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Trove|language=en|archive-date=10 May 2000|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000510102849/http://ausinfo.gov.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Category:Publishing companies of Australia Category:Defunct Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia Category:State publishers Category:Australian companies disestablished in 1997 Category:Australian companies established in 1970
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