Department of Social Security (Australia)

Not to be confused with the Department of Social Services (Australia), or Social Security in Australia.

Department of Social Security
Department overview
Formed19 December 1972[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved21 October 1998[1]
Superseding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Employees11,494 (in 1981)[2]
Annual budget$7.7 billion per year (estimate in 1981)[2]
Department executives
Websitedss.gov.au

The Department of Social Security (the DSS) was a government department in Australia, which administered the Social Security system between 1972 and 1998.[3] The department was one of several new departments established by the Whitlam government and was managed by the Minister for Social Security.[3]

  1. ^ a b CA 1482: Department of Social Security, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 13 July 2020, retrieved 15 December 2013
  2. ^ a b Andrews, Ross (1 March 1981). "Lanigan: the man and his methods". The Canberra Times. p. 7.
  3. ^ a b Davis 2017, p. 427.