Department of Health, Housing and Community Services
7 June 1991 – 24 March 1993
Previously Department of Community Services and Health (1987–1991). Renamed Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services in 1993.
Department of State responsible for health, aged care, disability and community services, and housing, including the Building Better Cities program.
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 on 7 June 1991 by renaming the Department of Community Services and Health, with Brian Howe, the new Deputy Prime Minister, as Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services. The new name reflected the transfer of housing industry programs from the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce.
- Housing industry programs
How it ended
Became the Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services on 24 March 1993, when it gained local government from the Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs.
Main functions
- Health policy, Medicare and pharmaceutical benefits
- Public health
- Aged care and nursing homes
- Disability services
- Children's and family services
- Housing assistance and the Commonwealth–State Housing Agreement
- Building Better Cities program
Bodies in this portfolio (2)
- National Acoustic Laboratories 1973–1992
- Australian Institute of Health 1984–1992
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Sources
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