Department of Labor and Immigration

Department of Labor and Immigration
Department overview
Formed	12 June 1974
Preceding Department	Department of Labour; Department of Immigration;
Dissolved	22 December 1975
Superseding Department	Department of Foreign Affairs – for passports; Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (I) – for labour functions; Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (I);
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible	Clyde Cameron, Minister (1974–1975); Jim McClelland, Minister (1975); Tony Street, Minister (1945);
Department executives	Ian Sharp, Secretary (1974–1975); Peter Wilenski, Secretary (1975);

The Department of Labor and Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between June 1974 and December 1975.

History

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.^[3]^[4]

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:^[1]^[5]

Industrial relations, including conciliation and arbitration in relation to industrial disputes
Commonwealth Employment Service
Reinstatement in civil employment of national servicemen, members of the Reserve Forces and members of the Citizen Forces
Assisted migration
Naturalisation, citizenship and aliens

Structure

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Labor and Immigration.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d CA 1769: Department of Labor and Immigration, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 28 December 2013, retrieved 28 December 2013
^ Mitcham, Chad. "Peter Stephen Wilenski (1939–1994)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ Hawkins, Freda (1991), "Chapter 2: Australian Immigration Policy and Management, 1972–1986", Critical Years in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared (2nd ed.), McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 108–111, ISBN 0-7735-0852-X
^ Solomon, David (12 June 1974). "Labor Ministry announced". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
^ Commonwealth Archives Office (13 June 1974), CAO 153A Organisation: Commonwealth of Australia (PDF), National Archives of Australia, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2014

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[NAA_CA_1769-1] CA 1769: Department of Labor and Immigration, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 28 December 2013, retrieved 28 December 2013

[Mitcham,_Chad_J.-2] Mitcham, Chad. "Peter Stephen Wilenski (1939–1994)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[3] Hawkins, Freda (1991), "Chapter 2: Australian Immigration Policy and Management, 1972–1986", Critical Years in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared (2nd ed.), McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 108–111, ISBN 0-7735-0852-X

[4] Solomon, David (12 June 1974). "Labor Ministry announced". The Canberra Times. p. 1.

[5] Commonwealth Archives Office (13 June 1974), CAO 153A Organisation: Commonwealth of Australia (PDF), National Archives of Australia, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2014

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Department of Labor and Immigration

History

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