DEEWR

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Department overview
Formed	3 December 2007
Preceding Department	Department of Education, Science and Training Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Dissolved	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
Superseding agency	Department of Education, Department of Employment
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Employees	4,122 (at April 2013)
Department executive	Lisa Paul, Secretary
Website	DEEWR website

The Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) was a department of the Government of Australia.

It was formed in 2007 and absorbed the former departments of Education, Science and Training, and Employment and Workplace Relations. As a result of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013, the Department of Education and the Department of Employment were created out of the former Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

In the Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007, the functions of the department were broadly classified into the following matters:

The department assisted in the commercialisation of Australian remote laboratories in higher education, injecting funds into the sector, supporting the foundation of the Labshare project.

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