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| Formed | 1 July 2024 |
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| Jurisdiction | New South Wales |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
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| Website | www |
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The Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport, a department of the government of New South Wales, delivers services that promote trade, hospitality, racing, arts, tourism and sport in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The department was formed on 1 July 2024 following the announcement from the Minns Labor Government on 12 April 2024 that the New South Wales Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade would be re-organised as part of a Machinery of Government change. [2]
The department is led by secretary, presently Elizabeth Mildwater since July 2024. The Deputy Secretary of Corporate Services is presently Lisa Alonso Love and the Deputy Secretary of Hospitality and Racing is presently Tarek Barakat. [3]
The following ministers are responsible for the administration of the department and its agencies: [1] [4]
The following agencies are administered by the department, classified by groups: [5]
The secretary of state for culture, media and sport, also referred to as the culture secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The office has been dubbed "Minister of Fun".
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It holds the responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the UK, such as broadcasting. Its main offices are at 100 Parliament Street, occupying part of the building known as Government Offices Great George Street.
In the Government of the United Kingdom, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritageand Libraries is a ministerial post in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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Create NSW is a government agency of the Government of New South Wales, that falls within the Enterprise, Investment and Trade cluster. The agency was created on 1 April 2017 from an amalgamation of Arts NSW (ANSW) and Screen NSW. Create NSW is responsible for administering government policies that support the arts, artists and the various cultural bodies within the state of New South Wales in Australia, and for the provision of funding. It also provides secretarial and administrative support to the Arts & Culture Advisory Committee, a high-level committee which works with the government to help shape policy and promote the arts throughout the state.
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