Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Not to be confused with Department of Industry, Science and Resources (1998–2001).

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Department overview
Formed	1 July 2022
Preceding Department	Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Jurisdiction	Australian Government
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Madeleine King, Minister for Resources Tim Ayres, Minister for Industry and Innovation, Minister for Science
Department executive	Meghan Quinn, PSM, Secretary
Child agencies	AusIndustry Australian Building Codes Board Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Australian Space Agency CSIRO Geoscience Australia IP Australia Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand National Measurement Institute National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority Net Zero Economy Authority [1] Office of the Chief Scientist
Website	www.industry.gov.au

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) is a department of the Australian Government established on 1 July 2022. Formerly known as the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER), the Climate Change and Energy responsibilities were transferred to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. DISR also takes functions that were previously under the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. ^[2]

The Chief Scientist for Australia has reported to the Minister for Science of the day since 1989. ^[3]

The current head of the department is the Secretary, Meghan Quinn. ^[4]

Scope

As outlined in the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 13 May 2025, the department is responsible for a wide range of functions including: ^[5]

• Industry and manufacturing policy, excluding workplace relations and taxation matters
• Technology policy, development and diffusion and safe and responsible use
• Critical technology policy development and coordination of information and communications technology industry development
• Industrial research and development, and commercialisation
• Biotechnology, excluding gene technology regulation
• Enterprise improvement
• Business entry point management and business services coordination
• Provision of B2G and G2G authentication services
• Trade marks, plant breeders' rights and patents of inventions and designs
• Food and beverage processing industry policy
• Country of origin labelling
• Co-ordination of supply chain resilience policy
• Anti-dumping
• Weights and measures standards
• Civil space issues
• Analytical laboratory services
• Science policy
• Science engagement and awareness
• Collaborative research in science and technology
• Co-ordination of science research policy
• Commercialisation and utilisation of public sector research
• Mineral and energy resources, including oil and gas, extraction and upstream processing, remediation and decommissioning
• Administration of export controls on rough diamonds, uranium and thorium
• Mineral and energy resources research, science and technology
• Geoscience research and information services including geodesy, mapping, remote sensing, groundwater and spatial data co-ordination
• Radioactive waste management
• International science engagement
• Economy-wide digital policy and co-ordination
• Major projects facilitation
• Economic security and sovereign capability as it relates to Australian industry, science and resources
• Standards and conformance policy for domestically and internationally traded goods

Structure

The Department is an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who are responsible to the Minister.

See also

• Australia portal
• Politics portal

• Department of Industry, Science and Resources (1998–2001)
• List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities

References

1. "Administrative Arrangements Order - 13 May 2025". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia) . Retrieved 16 May 2025.
2. "Machinery of Government (MoG) changes to our department from 1 July 2022".
3. "About". The Chief Scientist.
4. "Announcement of new secretary of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources". Prime Minister of Australia. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
5. "Administrative Arrangements Order - 13 May 2025" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia) . 13 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.