Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs

The Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between March 1996 and October 1998.

Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs

Department overview
Formed	11 March 1996[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Employment, Education and Training
Dissolved	21 October 1998[1]
Superseding Department	Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	City, Canberra
Ministers responsible	Amanda Vanstone, Minister (1996–1997) David Kemp, Minister (1997–1998)
Department executives	Sandy Hollway, Secretary (1996) Steve Sedgwick, Secretary (1997–1998)

Scope

Information about the department's functions and 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:^[2]

• 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 Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.^[1]