Department of State Growth

Department of State Growth
Department overview
Formed	18 September 1998
Preceding agencies	Department of Transport; Workplace Standards Authority; Private Forests Tasmania;
Type	Government department
Jurisdiction	Tasmanian Government
Headquarters	4 Salamanca Place, Hobart
Employees	1,074 (30 June 2023)
Annual budget	$1.444 billion (2023-24 FY)
Ministers responsible	Madeleine Ogilvie, Minister for the Arts; Eric Abetz, Minister for Business, Industry and Resources and Minister for Transport; Nick Duigan, Minister for Energy and Renewables; Felix Ellis, Minister for Housing and Planning and Minister for Skills and Training; Michael Ferguson, Minister for Infrastructure; Nic Street, Minister for Local Government and Minister for Sport and Events; Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Tourism and Hospitality and Minister for Trade and Major Investment;
Department executive	Craig Limkin, Secretary;
Website	www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au

The Department of State Growth is a Tasmanian Government department.

The Department is led by its Secretary, Craig Limkin.^[3]

Responsibilities[edit]

The Department's responsibilities include:

Increasing employment outcomes, workforce participation and re-engagement with work, education or training.
Management and administration of the vocational education and training system.
Management of the state's mineral resources and providing strategic advice on mining policies and resources industries.
Managing and maintaining the state road network.
Overseeing and reporting on Tasmanian Government boards and committees within the portfolios of state growth, infrastructure and transport, energy, resources, education and training and the arts.
Providing advice on, and planning and delivery of, infrastructure projects.
Providing advice on the state’s strategic direction on climate change, renewable energy growth and emissions reduction.
Providing services and support to businesses, organisations and individuals including loans, grants and funding.
Registration of vehicles, and driver licensing.
Supporting development, delivering services, providing funding and stimulating demand for the cultural, creative and sporting sectors.

The department consists of the following divisions:

Business and Jobs
- Business Tasmania
- Jobs Tasmania
- Skills Tasmania
- Trade and International Relations
Resources, Strategy and Policy
- Mineral Resources Tasmania
- Mining Policy
- Strategy, Policy and Coordination
Culture, Arts and Sport
- Active Tasmania
- Arts Tasmania
- Events Tasmania
- Screen Tasmania
- Silverdome
- Tasmanian Institute of Sport
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Transport and Infrastructure
- Instrustructure Tasmania
- Road User Services
- State Roads
Renewables, Climate and Future Industries Tasmania
- Climate Change
- Energy
- Energy Security and Wholesale Markets
Business Services

The department was formed on 18 September 1998, from the amalgamation of Private Forests Tasmania, the Department of Transport, the Workplace Standards Authority and parts of other Government departments and was called the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.^[4]

On 1 July 2014, the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts was amalgamated with the department and the name changed to the Department of State Growth.^[5]

^ Department of State Growth. "Annual Report 2022-23" (PDF). p. 9. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ Department of Treasury and Finance. "2023-24 Budget - Government Services - Budget Paper No 2 Volume 1" (PDF). p. 277. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Organisational structure". Department of State Growth. Tasmanian Government. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ Tasmanian State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 2) 1998 (Tas).
^ State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 2) 2014 (Tas).

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