Department of Employment, Education and Training

This article is about the Australian Government Department of Employment, Education and Training, that existed between 1987 and 1996. For other uses, see Department of Employment, Education and Training (disambiguation).
Department of Employment, Education and Training
Department overview
Formed 24 July 1987[1]
Preceding Department

Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (II) - for employment, training, labour market programs and the Commonwealth Employment Service
Department of Education (II) - for education other than migrant adult education

Department of Science (III) - for research functions
Dissolved 11 March 1996[1]
Superseding agency Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible John Dawkins, Minister (1987‑91)
Kim Beazley, Minister (1991‑93)
Simon Crean, Minister (1993‑96)
Department executives Vince Fitzgerald, Secretary (1987‑89)
Greg Taylor, Secretary (1989‑93)
Derek Volker, Secretary (1993‑96)

The Department of Employment, Education and Training was an Australian government department that existed between July 1987 and March 1996.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.

At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following:[1][2]

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment, Education and Training.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 CA 5986: Department of Employment, Education and Training, National Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 8 December 2013
  2. ↑ Administrative Arrangements Order issued 24 July 1987, National Archives of Australia, 24 July 1987, p. 9-10, archived from the original on 27 April 2013