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 (1987‑91) Kim Beazley, Minister (1991‑93) Simon Crean, Minister (1993‑96)
Department executives	Vince FitzGerald, Secretary (1987‑89) Greg Taylor, Secretary (1989‑93) Derek Volker, Secretary (1993‑96)

Department of Education (II) - for education other than migrant adult education

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

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.

At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following:

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment, Education and Training.

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