Formed 28 October 1940 | Dissolved 19 December 1972 | |
Preceding Department Department of Industry (I) Superseding agency Department of Services and Property - for union ballots
Department of Housing - for hostels in the ACT and immigrants
Department of Labour - for industrial relations, Commonwealth Employment Service
Department of Education (I) - for child care Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia Ministers responsible Harold Holt, Minister (1940‑41) and (1949‑58)
Eddie Ward, Minister (1941‑43)
Jack Holloway, Minister (1943‑49)
William McMahon, Minister (1958‑66)
Les Bury, Minister (1966‑69)
Billy Snedden, Minister (1969‑71)
Phillip Lynch, Minister (1971‑72) | ||
The Department of Labour and National Service was an Australian government department that existed between October 1940 and December 1972.
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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's functions were general labour policy, manpower priorities, investigations of labour supply and labour demand, the effective placement of labour, technical training, industrial relations and industrial welfare, and planning for post-war rehabilitation and development.
Structure
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Labour and National Service.