Department of Health and Ageing

Department of Health and Ageing
Department overview
Formed26 November 2001[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved18 September 2013
Superseding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersPhillip, Australian Capital Territory
Employees5,251 (at April 2013)[2]
Annual budgetOver $36 billion (in 2004–2005)[3]
Department executive
Websitehealth.gov.au

The Australian Federal Department of Health and Ageing was an Australian government department that existed between November 2001 and September 2013.

The department was created after the 2001 federal election from the Department of Health and Aged Care.[4]

  1. ^ "CA 8867: Department of Health and Ageing, Central Office", National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2021
  2. ^ Australian Public Service Commission (2 December 2013), State of the Service Report: State of the Service Series 2012-13 (PDF), Australian Public Service Commission, p. 253, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2013
  3. ^ Department of Health and Ageing 2005, p. ii.
  4. ^ Department of Health, History of the Department, Department of Health, archived from the original on 9 November 2013