Department of Labor and Immigration
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| Formed | 12 June 1974[1] |
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| Dissolved | 22 December 1975[1] |
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| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
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The Department of Labor and Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between June 1974 and December 1975.
History[]
When the Department of Labor and Immigration was formed by the Whitlam Government in June 1974, it represented a merger of the Department of Labour and the Department of Immigration.[2][3]
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.
At its creation, the Department's functions were:[1][4]
- 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; and
- Naturalization, citizenship and aliens.
Structure[]
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Labor and Immigration.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d CA 1769: Department of Labor and Immigration, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 28 December 2013
- ^ Hawkins, Freda (1991), "Chapter 2: Australian Immigration Policy and Management, 1972–1986", Critical Years in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared (2nd ed.), McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 108–111, ISBN 0-7735-0852-X
- ^ Solomon, David (12 June 1974). "Labor Ministry announced". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
- ^ Commonwealth Archives Office (13 June 1974), CAO 153A Organisation: Commonwealth of Australia (PDF), National Archives of Australia, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2014
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