The Department of Education and Youth Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between March 1983 and December 1984.
| Department overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 11 March 1983[1] |
| Preceding Department | |
| Dissolved | 13 December 1984[1] |
| Superseding Department |
|
| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Headquarters | Phillip, Canberra |
| Minister responsible |
|
| Department executives |
|
History
editThe Department was established by the Hawke government in March 1983, a renaming of the Department of Education in view of significant changes to departmental functions following the federal election of that month.[3]
Scope
editInformation 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.
The functions of the Department at its creation were:[1]
- Education, other than migrant adult education
- Youth affairs
Structure
editThe Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Education and Youth Affairs.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d CA 3494: Department of Education and Youth Affairs, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 16 March 2016, retrieved 11 January 2014
- ^ Mitcham, Chad. "Peter Stephen Wilenski (1939–1994)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
- ^ Hawke, Robert (10 March 1983), STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER-DESIGNATE, MR BOB HAWKE MP, archived from the original on 11 January 2014
 | This Australian government-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |