The

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n Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business was a short-lived

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of the

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in existence between 2019 and 2020, charged with the responsibility for employment, job services and the labour market, small business, and deregulation. The Department was established on 29 May 2019 and reported to the

Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business The Australian Minister for Small Business is The Honourable, the Hon Julie Collins MP. In the Australian Government, Government of Australia, the Minister administers their portfolio through the Treasury (Australia), Department of the Treasur ...

, Senator the Hon.

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. The head of the department was the

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of the previous Department of Jobs and Small Business, Kerri Hartland. Some of the election commitments of the Morrison Government which the Department had oversight of implementing, following the 2019 election, included the creation of 1.25 million jobs, 250,000 new small businesses and 80,000 apprenticeships over 5 years. The department, except its small business functions, merged with the

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to form the

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on 1 February 2020. The small business functions of the department was absorbed by the new

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. Secretary Hartland was sacked as a result of the administrative changes.

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Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business website
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