Department of Employment (Australia)

Department of Employment
Department overview
Formed18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved20 December 2017[2]
Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
Annual budget$1.951 billion (2014–15)[3]
Minister responsible
Department executive
Websitewww.employment.gov.au
Footnotes
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The Australian Department of Employment was a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs that help Australians find and keep employment and work in safe, fair and productive workplaces.[6] On 20 December 2017 the department was dissolved and its functions assumed by the newly formed Department of Jobs and Small Business.[2]

The head of the department was the Secretary of the Department of Employment, Kerri Hartland,[4] who reported to the Minister for Employment, Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash.[7]

  1. ^ CA 9433: Department of Employment, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2021
  2. ^ a b "Administrative Arrangements Order – amendment made 20 December 2017" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Financial Statements | Department of Employment - Annual Report 2015". Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Secretary". Department of Employment. Commonwealth of Australia. October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Deputy Secretaries". Department of Employment. Commonwealth of Australia. October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Home page". Department of Education. Commonwealth of Australia. October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Abbott Ministry" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.