The Bureau of Transport Economics (CA 3756) assumed a new format under the administrative change of 1987 and was renamed the Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics (BTCE) around 1 January 1988.
 
The Bureau is a professionally independent centre for applied economic research within the Department of Transport (CA 7854). It investigates the efficiency and growth of the transport and communications industries and the development of effective transport and communications policies. Although the Bureau has no statutory decision making powers its research results and expertise form an integral part of the policy making process within the Department.
 
The Bureau has its own registry and maintains its own files on a wide range of topics.
 
Source:

Department of Transport & Communications Annual Report 1987-88

Department of Transport & Communications Annual Report 1989-90  

Historical agency address
Trace Building, 22 Cooyong Street, Canberra ACT