Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) is an Australian government department. Renamed in 2007, it absorbed the former departments of Education and Training, and Employment and Workplace Relations.

The Parliamentary Office Holders are:

• Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard is the current Minister for Education; Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; and Minister for Social Inclusion
• The current Minister for Employment Participation is Mark Arbib
• The current Minister for Youth is Kate Ellis
• The current Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Childcare is Maxine McKew
• The current Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector is Senator Ursula Stephens

The Department deals with:^[1]

• Education policy and programs including schools, vocational, higher education and Indigenous education, but excluding migrant adult education
• Education and training transitions policy and programs
• Science awareness programs in schools
• Training, including apprenticeships and training services
• Policy, co-ordination and support for education exports and services
• Income support policies and programs for students and apprentices
• Employment policy, including employment services
• Job Network
• Labour market and income support policies and programs for people of working age
• Workplace relations policy development, advocacy and implementation
• Promotion of flexible workplace relations policies and practices
• Co-ordination of labour market research
• Australian government employment workplace relations policy, including administration of the framework for agreement making and remuneration and conditions
• Occupational health and safety, rehabilitation and compensation
• Equal employment opportunity
• Work and family programs
• Services to help people with disabilities obtain employment, other than supported employment
• Youth affairs and programs, excluding income support policies and programs
• Early childhood and childcare policy and programs

The department is the portfolio department of the Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who is separately Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, and Minister for Social Inclusion.

See also

• Minister for Education
• Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister for Social Inclusion
• List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
• Office of the Chief Scientist (Australia)
• Education in Australia

References

External links

• Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Website

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