Department of Labor and Immigration
{{Short description|Australian government department, 1974–1975}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
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|preceding1 = Department of Labour
|superseding = Department of Foreign Affairs – for passports
Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (I) – for labour functions
Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (I)
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|jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Australia
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|minister1_name = Clyde Cameron
|minister1_pfo = Minister (1974–1975)
|minister2_name = Jim McClelland
|minister2_pfo = Minister (1975)
|minister3_name = Tony Street
|minister3_pfo = Minister (1945)
| chief1_name = Ian Sharp
| chief1_position = Secretary (1974–1975)
| chief2_name = Peter Wilenski
| chief2_position = Secretary (1975){{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=Chad|last=Mitcham|title=Peter Stephen Wilenski (1939–1994)|id2=wilenski-peter-stephen-29978}}
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The Department of Labor and Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between June 1974 and December 1975.
History
When the Department of Labor and Immigration was formed by the Whitlam government in June 1974, it represented a merger of the Department of Labour and the Department of Immigration.{{citation|title=Critical Years in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared|first=Freda|last=Hawkins|pages=108–111|edition=2nd|date=1991|isbn=0-7735-0852-X|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|chapter=Chapter 2: Australian Immigration Policy and Management, 1972–1986}}{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110782932|title=Labor Ministry announced|date=12 June 1974|first=David|last=Solomon|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=1}}
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's functions were:{{citation|url=http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/AAO_1974_12_Jun_tcm16-45157.pdf|archivedate=12 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212050417/http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/AAO_1974_12_Jun_tcm16-45157.pdf|publisher=National Archives of Australia|author=Commonwealth Archives Office|title=CAO 153A Organisation: Commonwealth of Australia|date=13 June 1974}}
- Industrial relations, including conciliation and arbitration in relation to industrial disputes
- Commonwealth Employment Service
- Reinstatement in civil employment of national servicemen, members of the Reserve Forces and members of the Citizen Forces
- Assisted migration
- Naturalisation, citizenship and aliens
Structure
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Labor and Immigration.
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Category:Ministries established in 1974
Category:1974 establishments in Australia
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