{{Short description|Australian government department}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | type = [[Ministry (government department)|Department]] | seal = | logo = [[File:DITRDCSA Logo.svg|350px|class=skin-invert]] | logo_width = | logo_caption = | formed = {{start date|df=y|2022|07|01}} | preceding1 = [[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications]] | jurisdiction = [[Commonwealth of Australia]] | headquarters = [[Canberra]], Australia | employees = | budget = | minister1_name = [[Catherine King (politician)|Catherine King]] | minister1_pfo = [[Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government]] | minister2_name = [[Kristy McBain]] | minister2_pfo = [[Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories]] | minister3_name = [[Anika Wells]] | minister3_pfo = [[Minister for Communications (Australia)|Communications]] and [[Minister for Sport (Australia)|Sport]] | minister4_name = [[Tony Burke]] | minister4_pfo = [[Minister for the Arts (Australia)|Arts]] | minister5_name = [[Madeleine King]] | minister5_pfo = [[Minister for Northern Australia|Northern Australia]]<ref name=minister/> | chief1_name = Jim Betts | chief1_position = [[Department secretary|Secretary]] | child1_agency = [[Australian Communications and Media Authority]] | child2_agency = [[NBN Co]] Limited | child3_agency = [[Digital Transformation Agency]] | child4_agency = [[Australian Postal Corporation]] | child5_agency = [[Special Broadcasting Service Corporation]] | website = {{Unbulleted list|{{URL|https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/}}|{{URL|https://www.bitre.gov.au/}}}} }} [[File:DITRDCA_Logo.svg|thumb|Logo used between 2022 and 2025]]
The '''Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts''' ('''DITRDCSA''') is a [[List of Australian Government entities|department]] of the [[Australian Government]] responsible for providing advice on and delivering policies and programs for [[infrastructure]], [[transport]], [[regional development]], [[Communication|communications]], [[Culture|cultural affairs]], [[Sport|sports]], and [[the arts]].
==History== The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications ''and the Arts'' (DITRDCA)<ref name=aao2022/><ref name=arts>{{cite web| url=https://www.arts.gov.au/what-we-do| title=What we do |website=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Office of the Arts| publisher= Australian Government | access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/australia-reorganises-departments-to-reflect-new-governments-priorities/|title=Australia reorganises departments to reflect new government's priorities|first=Richard|last=Johnstone|date=6 June 2022|newspaper=Global Government Forum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://ministers.pmc.gov.au/gallagher/2022/delivering-better-government|title=Delivering a Better Government|first1=Katy|last1=Gallagher|first2=Anthony|last2=Albanese|date=1 June 2022|publisher=Australian Government}}</ref> was formed from the former [[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications]].<ref name=namedec2021>{{cite web | title=About us | website=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, Australian Government | date=25 December 2021 | url=https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/about-us | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225175356/https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/about-us | archive-date=25 December 2021 | url-status=dead | access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=name15june2022>{{cite web | title=About us | website=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, Australian Government | date=15 June 2022 | url=https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/about-us | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615060142/https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/about-us | archive-date=15 June 2022 | url-status=dead | access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref> It was established and named under an Administrative Arrangements Order made on 1 July 2022,<ref name=aao2022>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/resource/download/aao-01-june-2022.pdf|title=Administrative Arrangements Order|date=1 June 2022|publisher=Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322180637/https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/resource/download/aao-01-june-2022.pdf|archivedate=22 March 2023|accessdate=1 July 2023}}</ref> after the [[2022 Australian election]], under the new [[Albanese government]].<ref name=name15june2022/>
It was renamed to Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts (DITRDCSA)<ref>{{cite web | title=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | website=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | date=26 June 2025 | url=https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250717090821/https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/ | archive-date=17 July 2025 | url-status=live | access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref> on 13 May 2025, gaining the sport and recreation policy and functions from the [[Department of Health and Aged Care]]. However, land and planning policy and cities and urban policy were transferred to the [[Treasury (Australia)|Treasury]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/aao-13-may-2025|title=Administrative Arrangements Order - 13 May 2025|website=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="AAO2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/resource/download/aao-13-may-2025-signed.pdf|title=Administrative Arrangements Order|website=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|date=13 May 2025|access-date=14 May 2025}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4|from this source=yes}}</ref>
==Description== The department is responsible for delivering Australian Government policy and programs for infrastructure, transport, regional development, communications, cultural affairs, and the arts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications|url=https://www.communications.gov.au/|date=2020-05-04|website=www.communications.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref>
===Ministers===
{{As of|2025|5}} the Ministers of State for the Department are:<ref name=minister>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/ministry-list-13-may-2025 |title=Ministry list as at 13 May 2025 |website=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)]] |date=13 May 2025 |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref>
* [[Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government]]: [[Catherine King (politician)|Catherine King]] * [[Minister for Northern Australia]]: [[Madeleine King]] * [[Minister for Communications (Australia)|Minister for Communications]]: [[Anika Wells]] * [[Minister for Sport (Australia)|Minister for Sport]]: Anika Wells * [[Minister for the Arts (Australia)|Minister for the Arts]]: [[Tony Burke]] * [[Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories]]: [[Kristy McBain]] * [[Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government#List of assistant ministers|Assistant Minister for Regional Development]]: [[Anthony Chisholm (politician)|Anthony Chisholm]] * [[Minister for Northern Australia#List of assistant ministers for Northern Australia|Assistant Minister for Northern Australia]]: [[Nita Green]]
===Other staff=== {{as of|July 2025}} Jim Betts is [[Department secretary|Secretary]] of the department.<ref>{{cite web |title=Secretary, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development Communications and the Arts|url=https://www.directory.gov.au/portfolios/infrastructure-transport-regional-development-and-communications/department-infrastructure-transport-regional-development-and-communications/executive/secretary-department-infrastructure-transport-regional-development-and-communications |website=Australian Government Directory |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref>
==Operational activities== In an [[Machinery of government#Australian Government Administrative Arrangements Orders|Administrative Arrangements Order]] made on 13 May 2025, the functions of the department were broadly classified into the following matters:<ref name="AAO2025"/>
* Infrastructure planning and co-ordination * Transport safety, including investigations * Land transport * Civil aviation and airports * Maritime transport including shipping * Major projects, including implementation of all non-[[Department of Defence (Australia)|Defence]] development projects * Administration of the [[Jervis Bay Territory]], the Territory of [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]], the Territory of [[Christmas Island]], the [[Coral Sea Islands]] Territory, the Territory of [[Ashmore and Cartier Islands]], and [[Norfolk Island]] * Constitutional development of the [[Northern Territory]] * Constitutional development of the [[Australian Capital Territory]] * Delivery of regional and territory specific services and programmes * Planning and land management in the Australian Capital Territory * Regional development * Matters relating to local government * Regional policy and co-ordination * [[Northern Australia]] policy and coordination * Broadband policy and programmes * Postal and telecommunications policies and programmes * Spectrum policy management * Broadcasting policy * Content policy relating to the information economy * Cultural affairs, including movable cultural heritage and support for the arts * Classification * Management of government records * [[Old Parliament House, Canberra|Old Parliament House]] * Sport and recreation
==Significant policies== ===Cultural policy=== The Office for the Arts issued the national cultural policy, called "Revive: a place for every story, a story for every place", in January 2023. Under the policy, which is set to run for five years,<ref>{{cite web | title=National Cultural Policy—Revive: a place for every story, a story for every place | website=[[Office for the Arts]] | date=9 February 2023 | url=https://www.arts.gov.au/publications/national-cultural-policy-revive-place-every-story-story-every-place | access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref><ref name=ncp2023>{{cite book | title=Revive: A place for every story, a story for every place|date= January 2023| ISBN =978-1-922521-87-3| url=https://www.arts.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-culturalpolicy-8february2023.pdf| series= INFRA5248 | access-date=20 July 2025| quote= Australia's Cultural Policy for the next five years.}}</ref> the [[Creative Futures Fund]] was set up under the auspices of [[Creative Australia]] in July 2025 to fund ambitious cross-sector projects across the nation.<ref name=ifacca2025>{{cite web | title=Bold and unexpected: Creative Futures Fund invests in new projects shaping our creative future | website=IFACCA | date=July 10, 2025 | url=https://ifacca.org/news/2025/07/10/bold-and-unexpected-creative-futures-fund-invests/ | access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref><ref name=cff2025>{{cite web | title=Creative Futures Fund 2025 | website=Creative Australia | date=11 July 2025 | url=https://creative.gov.au/creative-futures-fund | access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref> A quota was introduced in November 2025, by [[Minister for the Arts (Australia)|Minister for the Arts]] [[Tony Burke]], requiring global [[streaming media]] companies with over a million Australian subscribers to spend either 7.5% of revenues, or 10% of Australian expenditures on local original content.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australia Introduces “Landmark” Streaming Content Quotas|url=https://deadline.com/2025/11/australia-streaming-content-quotas-netflix-prime-video-1236606232/|website=Deadline|date=2025-11-04|access-date=2025-11-28|language=en-US|first=Jesse|last=Whittock}}</ref>
===Australian Screen Production Incentive (ASPI)=== Australian Screen Production Incentive (ASPI), provided by the Australian Government to support the [[Australian film industry]] since 2007, comprises three mutually exclusive components:<ref name=aspi2025>{{cite book | title=Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV) Offset guidelines| date = April 2025 | publisher= Commonwealth of Australia |author= ((Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts)) | url=https://www.arts.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/post-digital-and-visual-effects-pdv-offset-guidelines-april-2025.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715062803/https://www.arts.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/post-digital-and-visual-effects-pdv-offset-guidelines-april-2025.pdf | archive-date=15 July 2025 | url-status=live | access-date=2 November 2025}} Apart from the Coat of Arms, etc., published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Australia Licence.</ref> * Producer offset, a 40% [[tax rebate]] on the qualifying spend of qualifying Australian films, and a 30% rebate for other qualifying productions that contain significant Australian content * PDV ([[Post-production|post]], digital, and [[visual effects]]) offset, a 30% rebate on the qualifying Australian expenditure related to PDV production (including productions shot overseas) * Location offset, on the qualifying Australian spend of large-scale productions
The PDV and Location offsets are administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.<ref name=aspi2025/> The Minister for the Arts is responsible for issuing a final certificate for a film in relation to the PDV tax offset.<ref>{{cite web | title=The post, digital and visual effects (PDV) tax offset | website=Australian Taxation Office | date=27 May 2020 | url=https://www.ato.gov.au/forms-and-instructions/film-industry-incentives-2020/the-post-digital-and-visual-effects-pdv-tax-offset | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418075137/https://www.ato.gov.au/forms-and-instructions/film-industry-incentives-2020/the-post-digital-and-visual-effects-pdv-tax-offset | archive-date=18 April 2025 | url-status=live | access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref>
== See also == {{Portal|Australia}} * [[Australian Communications and Media Authority]] * [[Infrastructure Australia]] * [[Minister for the Arts (Australia)]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/ Official website] {{Australian Government Departments}} {{Australian Government Agencies and Bodies}} {{Authority control}}
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