Agency Name: | Department of Labor and Immigration |
Formed: | 12 June 1974 |
Preceding1: | Department of Labour Department of Immigration |
Dissolved: | 22 December 1975 |
Superseding: | Department of Foreign Affairs – for passports Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (I) – for labour functions Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (I) |
Type: | Department |
Jurisdiction: | Commonwealth of Australia |
Minister1 Name: | Clyde Cameron |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister (1974–1975) |
Minister2 Name: | Jim McClelland |
Minister2 Pfo: | Minister (1975) |
Minister3 Name: | Tony Street |
Minister3 Pfo: | Minister (1945) |
Chief1 Name: | Ian Sharp |
Chief1 Position: | Secretary (1974–1975) |
Chief2 Name: | Peter Wilenski |
Chief2 Position: | Secretary (1975)[1] |
The Department of Labor and Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between June 1974 and December 1975.
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]
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:
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Labor and Immigration.