Department of Human Services (Australia)
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For The Victorian Department of Human Services, see Government of Victoria.
The Department of Human Services is an Australian Government department. It's role is to improve the delivery of social and health-related services to the Australian people. The department brings under one umbrella, six agencies which collectively deliver payments and services worth over $80 billion a year. The six agencies are:
- Centrelink
- Medicare Australia
- Child Support Agency
- CRS Australia
- Australian Hearing
- Health Services Australia
Since 6 March 2007, the current Minister for Human Services is Senator Chris Ellison.