The Department of Education and Youth Affairs was an

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department that existed between March 1983 and December 1984.

History

The Department was established by the Hawke Government in March 1983, a renaming of the

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in view of significant changes to departmental functions following the federal election of that month.

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 and in the Department's annual reports. The functions of the Department at its creation were: *Education, other than migrant adult education *Youth Affairs.

Structure

The Department was a

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

References

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