Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Department overview
Formed	3 December 2007[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Education, Science and Training; Department of Employment and Workplace Relations;
Dissolved	18 September 2013
Superseding agency	Department of Education,; Department of Employment;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Employees	4,122 (at April 2013)[2]
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.[3]

Scope

In the Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007, the functions of the department were broadly classified into the following matters:[4]

Primary and secondary-level education policy and programs
Science awareness programs in schools
Income support policies and programs for students and apprentices
Employment policy, including employment services
Job Services Australia
Labour market and income support policies and programs for people of working age
Workplace relations policy development, advocacy and implementation
Promotion of flexible workplace relations policies and practices
Co-ordination of labour market research
Australian government employment workplace relations policy, including administration of the framework for agreement making and remuneration and conditions
Occupational health and safety, rehabilitation and compensation
Equal employment opportunity
Work and family programs
Services to help people with disabilities obtain employment, other than supported employment
Youth affairs and programs, excluding income support policies and programs
Early childhood and childcare policy and programs

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.

References

CA 9185: The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 December 2013
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
"Administrative Arrangements Order" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
"Administrative Arrangement Order of 3 December 2007" (PDF). Government of Australia. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2013.

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[NAA_CA_9185-1] CA 9185: The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 December 2013

[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

[AAO_Sep_2013-3] "Administrative Arrangements Order" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

[AAO2007-4] "Administrative Arrangement Order of 3 December 2007" (PDF). Government of Australia. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2013.