Department of Health and Aged Care


The Department of Health and Aged Care was an Australian government department that existed between October 1998 and November 2001.
The Department was created after the 1998 federal election, named to reflect new departmental responsibilities and functions.

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.
According to the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 21 October 1998, the Department dealt with:
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Michael Wooldridge.
The Secretary of the Department was Andrew Podger.