The Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs was an

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department that existed between March 1996 and October 1998.

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, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website. At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following: *Education, other than migrant adult education *Youth Affairs *Employment and training *Commonwealth Employment Service *Labour market programs *Co-ordination of research policy *Research grants and fellowship.

Structure

The Department was an

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department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

References

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