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 The Department was abolished on 26 November 2001 following the portfolio undergoing a change of name after the transfer of the principle matter, ‘Youth affairs’ to the Department of Family and Community Services, and the addition of three new matters to its responsibility namely, ‘Science policy’, and the ‘Radioactive waste management’, transferred from the abolished Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, and the new matter, ‘Promotion and collaborative research in science and technology’.

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