Department of Education and Training (Australia)

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Department of Education and Training
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The national office of the Department of Education and Training, 50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra .
Department overview
Formed23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) [1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved29 May 2019
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Canberra
Minister responsible
Department executive
Child Department
  • Shared Services Centre
Website www.education.gov.au
Footnotes
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The Australian Department of Education and Training was a former department of the Government of Australia that was in existence between 2014 and 2019 and which was charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs that help Australians access quality and affordable early childhood education, school education, higher education, vocational education and training, international education and academic research. [4]

Contents

The head of the department was the Secretary of the Department of Education and Training, Michele Bruniges, [2] who reported to the Minister for Education and Training, the Hon. Dan Tehan MP.

History

The department was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 23 December 2014. [1] It incorporated the functions of the previous Department of Education, except for child care which was transferred to the Department of Social Services. Vocational training was transferred from the Department of Industry to the new Department of Education and Training.

Following the re-election of Scott Morrison's Government in 2019, through an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 29 May 2019. [5] the Department was largely replaced by the Department of Education, with the following changes:

Preceding departments

The Department of Education and Training's predecessor departments have been:

Operational activities

The functions of the department are broadly classified into the following matters: [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Administrative Arrangements Order" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . Commonwealth of Australia. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Secretary". Department of Education and Training. Commonwealth of Australia. December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. "Associate Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries". Department of Education and Training. Commonwealth of Australia. December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. "Home page". Department of Education. Commonwealth of Australia. December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  5. "Administrative Order Arrangements" (PDF). Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  6. "Administrative Arrangements Order - Summary of changes" (PDF). Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2019.