Department of Education and Training (Australia)

Department of Education and Training

The national office of the Department of Education and Training, 50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra.
Department overview
Formed23 December 2014 (2014-12-23)[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved29 May 2019
Superseding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Minister responsible
Department executive
Child Department
  • Shared Services Centre
Websitewww.education.gov.au
Footnotes
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The Australian Department of Education and Training was a former department of the Government of Australia that was in existence between 2014 and 2019 and which was charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs that help Australians access quality and affordable early childhood education, school education, higher education, vocational education and training, international education and academic research.[4]

The head of the department was the Secretary of the Department of Education and Training, Michele Bruniges,[2] who reported to the Minister for Education and Training, the Hon. Dan Tehan MP.

  1. ^ "Administrative Arrangements Order" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Secretary". Department of Education and Training. Commonwealth of Australia. December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Associate Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries". Department of Education and Training. Commonwealth of Australia. December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Home page". Department of Education. Commonwealth of Australia. December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.