7Functions

#### 7 Functions (1) Tourism Australia’s functions are: (a) to increase the awareness of potential international travellers of Australia as a destination; and (b) to increase the awareness of potential domestic travellers of Australia as a place to travel; and (c) to increase the knowledge of potential travellers, both international and domestic, of Australia; and (d) to increase the desire of potential international travellers to travel to Australia; and (e) to increase the desire of potential travellers, both international and domestic, to travel throughout Australia; and (f) to conduct research into, and analysis of, international and domestic travel; and (g) to report on trends in international and domestic travel; and (h) to communicate effectively with the Australian tourism industry on issues that may affect it; and (i) to increase awareness throughout Australia of the contribution of tourism to Australia’s economy, society and environment. (2) In performing its functions, Tourism Australia must have regard to the needs of the Australian tourism industry and government. (3) Tourism Australia may perform its functions: (a) in cooperation with the tourism industry; and (b) in cooperation with Australian governments and agencies, and foreign governments. (4) Tourism Australia may perform its functions to the extent only that they are not in excess of the functions that may be conferred on it by virtue of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament, and, in particular, may perform its functions: (a) for purposes related to external affairs; and (b) in the course of, or in relation to, trade and commerce with other countries, among the States, between Territories or between a Territory and a State; and (c) for purposes related to a Territory; and (d) by means of a communication using a postal, telegraphic, telephonic or other like service within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution; and (e) for purposes related to the collection, compilation, analysis, use and dissemination of statistics; and (f) for purposes related to a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies; and (g) for purposes related to lighthouses, lightships, beacons and buoys; and (h) for purposes related to matters incidental to the execution of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament or the executive power of the Commonwealth; and (i) for purposes related to a Commonwealth place within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970; and (j) for purposes related to the executive power of the Commonwealth; and (k) for purposes related to money appropriated for the purposes of the Commonwealth; and (l) for purposes related to the granting of financial assistance to a State on such terms and conditions as the Parliament thinks fit; and (m) in so far as it is appropriate for those functions to be performed by Tourism Australia on behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth as the national Government of Australia; and (n) for purposes for which it is appropriate for the Parliament as the national Parliament of Australia to authorise Tourism Australia to perform functions; and (o) by way of providing a service, if the provision of the service utilises Tourism Australia’s spare capacity and does not impede Tourism Australia’s capacity to perform its other functions.