Education & researchDepartment of StateExists today
Department of Education
1 July 2022 – present
Previously Department of Education, Skills and Employment (2020–2022).
Department of State responsible for early childhood education and child care, schools, higher education, international education and research funding.
Names over time
- Department of Education2013–2014
- Department of Education and Training2014–2019
- Department of Education2019–2020
- Department of Education, Skills and Employment2020–2022
- Department of Education2022–present
How it came into existence
Created on 1 July 2022 under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022, when the Department of Education, Skills and Employment was renamed after its employment, skills and vocational education and training functions moved to the new Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
- Early childhood education and child care
- Schools
- Higher education
- International education
- Research funding
Changes during its life
- Higher education system planning and funding advice
Main functions
- Early childhood education and the Child Care Subsidy
- Schools funding and national school reform
- Higher education policy and funding
- International education
- Research funding and research training
Where it sits
- Type of body
- Non-corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Education
- Accountable authority
- Secretary of the Department – Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 section 12(2) item 1
- ABN
- 12 862 898 150
Bodies in this portfolio (7)
- Australian National University 1946–present
- Australian Research Council 2001–present
- Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2008–present
- Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited 2010–present
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency 2011–present
- Interim Australian Tertiary Education Commission 2025–2026
- Australian Tertiary Education Commission 2026–present
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 June 2022 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 May 2025, as amended to 1 July 2025 (sets it out)
5 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022, as amended to 8 June 2023 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022, as amended to 3 August 2023 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 October 2022, as amended to 29 July 2024 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 May 2025 (sets it out)
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 25 July 2022 to the latest release (30 June 2026))