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Department of Employment, Education and Training

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Formed
  
24 July 1987

Dissolved
  
11 March 1996

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

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)

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

Contents

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:

  • Education, other than migrant adult education
  • Youth Affairs
  • Employment and training
  • Commonwealth Employment Service
  • Labour market programs
  • Co-ordination of research policy
  • Research grants and fellowships
  • Structure

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

    References

    Department of Employment, Education and Training Wikipedia