Health, ageing & disabilityDepartment of State
Department of Health and Aged Care
DHAC
21 October 1998 – 26 November 2001
Previously Department of Health and Family Services (1996–1998). Renamed Department of Health and Ageing in 2001.
Department of State responsible for health policy and funding, Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, aged care, public health and hearing services.
Names over time
- Department of Community Services and Health1987–1991
- Department of Health, Housing and Community Services1991–1993
- Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services1993
- Department of Human Services and Health1993–1996
- Department of Health and Family Services1996–1998
- Department of Health and Aged Care1998–2001
- Department of Health and Ageing2001–2013
- Department of Health2013–2022
- Department of Health and Aged Care2022–2025
- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing2025–present
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 21 October 1998 from the Department of Health and Family Services, keeping its health and aged care functions while family services, child care, disability and housing went to the Department of Family and Community Services.
- Health
- Aged care
- Hearing services
Changes during its life
- Gene technology regulation policy
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Health and Ageing on 26 November 2001, at the start of the third Howard ministry.
- Health
- Aged care
- Hearing services
Main functions
- Health policy and Commonwealth–State health funding
- Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
- Aged care
- Public and population health programs
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
- Therapeutic goods regulation
- Hearing services
Bodies in this portfolio (2)
- Australian Radiation Laboratory 1973–1999
- Interim Office of the Gene Technology Regulator 1999–2001
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 26 November 2001 (took effect as it ended)