Services Australia
29 May 2019 – 1 February 2020
Previously Department of Human Services (2004–2019).
Department of State, the renamed Department of Human Services, that delivered Centrelink, Medicare and child support payments and services before it became an executive agency of the same name.
Names over time
- Department of Human Services2004–2019
- Services Australia2019–2020
How it came into existence
The Department of Human Services was renamed Services Australia by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 29 May 2019, made after the 2019 election; the order lists Services Australia as a Department of State in the Social Services portfolio.
How it ended
Abolished as a Department of State on 1 February 2020, when the Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019 took effect and Services Australia was re-established as an executive agency under the Public Service Act 1999 in the Social Services portfolio.
- Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support service delivery
- myGov
Main functions
- Delivery of social security, child support, student, family, aged care and health payments and services
- Whole of government service delivery policy
- Whole of government information and communications technology
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 29 May 2019 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019 (took effect as it ended)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019, as amended to 2 April 2020 (took effect as it ended)