Department of Labour and National Service
Department overview
Formed28 October 1940[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved19 December 1972[1]
Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible
Department executives

The Department of Labour and National Service was an Australian government department that existed between October 1940 and December 1972.

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 general labour policy, manpower priorities, investigations of labour supply and labour demand, the effective placement of labour, technical training, industrial relations and industrial welfare, and planning for post-war rehabilitation and development.[1]

Structure

The department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Labour and National Service.[1]

Sir Roland Wilson was seconded to establish the new Department of Labour and National Service in 1940, and at 36 years old became its first administrative head.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 CA 40: Department of Labour and National Service, Central Secretariat/ (by 1947 known as Central Office), National Archives of Australia, retrieved 28 December 2013
  2. "Obituary - Sir Roland Wilson - Obituaries Australia". oa.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 16 August 2021.


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