The Department of Labor and Immigration was an

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department that existed between June 1974 and December 1975.

History

When the Department of Labor and Immigration was formed by the

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in June 1974, it represented a merger of the

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and the

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Scope

Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports. At its creation, the Department's functions were: *Industrial relations, including conciliation and arbitration in relation to industrial disputes *Commonwealth Employment Service *Reinstatement in civil employment of national servicemen, members of the Reserve Forces and members of the Citizen Forces *Assisted migration *Naturalisation, citizenship and aliens

Structure

The Department was a

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department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Labor and Immigration.

References

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