Department of Industrial Relations (1978–1982)
{{Short description|Former Australian government department}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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|preceding1 = Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (I)
|superseding = Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (II)
|type = Department
|jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Australia
|employees =
|budget =
|minister1_name = Tony Street
|minister1_pfo = Minister (1978–1980)
|minister2_name = Andrew Peacock
|minister2_pfo = Minister (1980–1981)
|minister3_name = Ian Viner
|minister3_pfo = Minister (1981–1982)
| chief1_name = Mick Keogh
| chief1_position = Secretary (1978–1981)
| chief2_name = Mike Codd
| chief2_position = Secretary (1981–1982)
| headquarters = Canberra
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The Department of Industrial Relations (also called DIR) was an Australian government department that existed between December 1978 and May 1982.
History
The department was established in 1978 by the Fraser government, splitting the former Department of Employment and Industrial Relations into two, reasoning that the two areas were expanding and should thus fall under separate portfolios.{{cite press release|first=Malcolm|last=Fraser|author-link=Malcolm Fraser|date=30 November 1978|title=Ministerial changes|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=4904|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128103238/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=4904|archivedate=28 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:{{citation|url=http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/AAO_1978_5_Dec_tcm16-45200.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212050110/http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/AAO_1978_5_Dec_tcm16-45200.pdf|archivedate=12 February 2014|title=Organisation: Commonwealth of Australia: Comparison Table between Administrative Arrangements Order September 1978 and December 1978|date=11 December 1978|publisher=National Archives of Australia}}
- industry-orientated industrial relations
- national industrial relations - legislation and machinery
- national industrial relations policies - wages and working conditions
- industrial relations information and liaison
- economic and international aspects of industrial relations
- Industrial registries
Structure
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Industrial Relations. The department was dependent on the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs for administrative services and accounting functions.
The Secretary of the Department was Mick Keogh between 1978 and 1981.{{cite press release|first=Malcolm|last=Fraser|author-link=Malcolm Fraser|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=4924|archivedate=28 January 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128104034/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=4924|title=APPOINTMENT OF MR IAN CASTLES AS PERMANENT HEAD DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE|date=13 December 1978}} In December 1981, Mike Codd was appointed Acting Secretary.{{cite press release|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=5717|title=STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER - DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS|date=15 December 1981|first=Malcolm|last=Fraser|author-link=Malcolm Fraser|archivedate=28 January 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128104237/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=5717}} Codd's position was made permanent in 1982, around the same time the department was abolished and the new Department of Employment and Industrial Relations was established.{{cite press release|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=5816|title=APPOINTMENT OF PERMANENT HEADS TO NEW DEPARTMENTS|first=Malcolm|last=Fraser|date=11 May 1982|author-link=Malcolm Fraser|archivedate=2 December 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202021823/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=5816}}
References
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Category:Ministries established in 1978
Category:1978 establishments in Australia
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