Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business


The Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business was an Australian government department that existed between October 1998 and November 2001.

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, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.
At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following:
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business.