Department of Education and Youth Affairs
11 March 1983 – 13 December 1984
Previously Department of Education (1972–1983). Renamed Department of Education in 1984.
Department of State responsible for Commonwealth involvement in schools, tertiary education and student assistance, Aboriginal and migrant education, and youth affairs.
Names over time
- Department of Education1972–1983
- Department of Education and Youth Affairs1983–1984
- Department of Education1984–1987
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1983 under the incoming Hawke government by renaming the Department of Education, which took over youth affairs from the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (that department had held youth affairs since the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs was abolished in May 1982). Susan Ryan was Minister for Education and Youth Affairs.
- Schools
- Tertiary education
- Student assistance
- Aboriginal and migrant education
- Youth affairs
How it ended
On 13 December 1984 it was renamed the Department of Education; youth affairs went to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and adult migrant education to the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs.
- Schools
- Tertiary education
- Student assistance
- Aboriginal education
- Adult migrant education
Reported from the Department of Education and Youth Affairs record; which department ran the Adult Migrant Education Program before 1984 is not confirmed.
- Youth affairs
Main functions
- Commonwealth schools funding and policy
- Universities, colleges of advanced education and TAFE (through the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission)
- Student assistance
- Aboriginal education
- Migrant and adult migrant education
- Youth affairs
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1983 (created it)