Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (1975–1978)

{{Short description|Australian government department, 1975–1978}}

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|formed = 22 December 1975{{citation|title=CA 1953: Department Employment and Industrial Relations [I], Central Office, Melbourne (also Canberra, 1978)|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+1953|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=4 December 2013}}

|preceding1 = Department of Labor and Immigration

|dissolved = 5 December 1978

|superseding = Department of Industrial Relations (I) – for all industrial relations functions

Department of Employment and Youth Affairs – for Commonwealth Employment Service; industrial training; reinstatement in civil employment of national servicemen, members of the reserve forces and members of citizen forces

Department of Administrative Services (II) – for Commonwealth hostel accommodation; migrant accommodation

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|jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Australia

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|minister1_name = Tony Street

|minister1_pfo = Minister

| chief1_name = Keith McKenzie

| chief1_position = Secretary

| headquarters = Canberra

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The Department of Employment and Industrial Relations was an Australian government department that existed between December 1975 and December 1978.

History

The department was announced in December 1975, separating the employment and industrial functions from the immigration functions in the previous Department of Labor and Immigration.{{cite press release|first=Malcolm|last=Fraser|author-link=Malcolm Fraser|title=MAJOR CHANGES IN MINISTERIAL AND DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS|date=18 December 1975|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111020520/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=4008|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=4008|archivedate=11 January 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=11 January 2014}}

Scope

Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports.

At its creation, the department was responsible for the following:

Industrial relations, including conciliation and arbitration in relation to industrial disputes
Commonwealth Employment Service
Re-instatement in civil employment of national servicemen, members of the Reserve Forces and members of the Citizen Forces.

Structure

The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, Tony Street. The Secretary of the department was Keith McKenzie.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110809677|title=Post for acting head|date=24 March 1976|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=3}}

References

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Category:Ministries established in 1975

Employment and Industrial Relations