Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
DEEWR
3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013
Department of State responsible for schools, early childhood education and child care, employment services, workplace relations and youth, and until December 2011 higher education and vocational training.
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007, at the start of the Rudd government, combining the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations with the schools, higher education and training functions of the Department of Education, Science and Training and early childhood and child care from the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- Employment
- Workplace relations
- Working-age income support policy
- Schools
- Higher education
- Vocational education and training
- International education
- Early childhood and child care
Changes during its life
- Secretariat and research staff of the Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council
- Higher education regulatory reform and the establishment work of the interim TEQSA
- Part split off to form Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education · 14 December 2011
- Higher education
- Vocational education and training and skills
- International education
- Office of Asbestos Safety
- National asbestos policy coordination
How it ended
Split on 18 September 2013 into the Department of Education and the Department of Employment, with working-age income support policy and Disability Employment Services going to the Department of Social Services and Indigenous employment and education programs to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; tertiary education, skills and training had already gone to the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education on 14 December 2011.
- Schools
- Early childhood education and child care
- Employment policy and employment services
- Workplace relations
- Work health and safety and workers' compensation policy
- Working-age income support policy
- Disability Employment Services
- Indigenous employment programs
- Indigenous education programs
Main functions
- Schools funding and policy
- Early childhood education and child care
- Higher education and vocational training (until December 2011)
- Employment services (Job Services Australia)
- Workplace relations and the Fair Work Act 2009
- Working-age income support policy
- Youth affairs
- Work health and safety policy
Bodies in this portfolio (15)
- Australian Maritime College 1978–2008
- Australian Industrial Registry 1989–2010
- Australian Industrial Relations Commission 1989–2010
- National Childcare Accreditation Council 1993–2012
- Australian Universities Quality Agency 2000–2011
- Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd 2004–2008
- Australian Safety and Compensation Council 2005–2009
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 2005–2012
- Teaching Australia – Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited 2005–2010
- Australian Fair Pay Commission 2006–2009
- Australian Fair Pay Commission Secretariat 2006–2009
- Workplace Authority 2007–2010
- Workplace Ombudsman 2007–2009
- National Curriculum Board 2008–2009
- Fair Work Australia 2009–2013
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013 (took effect as it ended)
6 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 25 January 2008 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 September 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 October 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 December 2011 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 9 February 2012 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 16 May 2013 (sets it out)