Department of Employment, Education and Training

Department of Employment, Education and Training
Department overview
Formed	24 July 1987
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;
Dissolved	11 March 1996
Superseding agency	Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible	John Dawkins, Minister (1987–1991); Kim Beazley, Minister (1991–1993); Simon Crean, Minister (1993–1996);
Department executives	Vince FitzGerald, Secretary (1987–1989); Greg Taylor, Secretary (1989–1993); Derek Volker, Secretary (1993–1996);

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

^ ^a ^b CA 5986: Department of Employment, Education and Training, National Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 8 December 2013

[NAA_CA_5986-1] CA 5986: Department of Employment, Education and Training, National Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 8 December 2013

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Department overview
Formed	24 July 1987^[1]
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
Dissolved	11 March 1996^[1]
Superseding agency	Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible	John Dawkins, Minister (1987–1991) Kim Beazley, Minister (1991–1993) Simon Crean, Minister (1993–1996)
Department executives	Vince FitzGerald, Secretary (1987–1989) Greg Taylor, Secretary (1989–1993) Derek Volker, Secretary (1993–1996)