Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (1975–78)

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

Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
Department overview
Formed22 December 1975[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved5 December 1978[1]
Superseding agency
  • 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
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Keith McKenzie, Secretary

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.[2]

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or 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:[1]

  • 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.[1] The Secretary of the department was Keith McKenzie.[3]

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References
  1. CA 1953: Department Employment and Industrial Relations [I], Central Office, Melbourne (also Canberra, 1978), National Archives of Australia, retrieved 4 December 2013
  2. Fraser, Malcolm (18 December 1975). "MAJOR CHANGES IN MINISTERIAL AND DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS" (Press release). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  3. "Post for acting head". The Canberra Times. 24 March 1976. p. 3.


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