Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (1975–78)

Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
Department overview
Formed 22 December 1975[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved 5 December 1978[1]
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Canberra
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Keith McKenzie, Secretary

The Department of Employment and Industrial Relations was an Australian government department that existed between December 1975 and December 1978.

History

The Department was announced in December 1975, separating the employment and industrial functions from the immigration functions in the previous Department of Labor and Immigration.[2]

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]

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, Tony Street.[1] The Secretary of the department was Keith McKenzie.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 CA 1953: Department Employment and Industrial Relations [I], Central Office, Melbourne (also Canberra, 1978), National Archives of Australia, retrieved 4 December 2013
  2. Fraser, Malcolm (18 December 1975). "MAJOR CHANGES IN MINISTERIAL AND DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS" (Press release). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
  3. "Post for acting head". The Canberra Times. 24 March 1976. p. 3.


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