Attorney-General George Brandis has lost the responsibility for copyright and censorship of movies, games and books.
The move was outlined in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's new administrative arrangements which were released as part of his ministerial reshuffle.
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield will have charge of copyright and classification, as well as "cultural affairs".
Mr Turnbull and Senator Brandis had been at odds over who should pay for a new anti-piracy notice scheme and how much of a problem is file-sharing of copyright-protected content.
While water policy and resources has been moved to Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce's agriculture portfolio, the environment department has held onto environmental water use.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has been moved out of Treasury and into the environment department, which has also taken on renewable energy technology development from the industry department.
The education department gains childcare and early childhood policy from the social services department.
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