The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) is an Australia

Australia

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n government

Government of Australia

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 department. Renamed in 2007 from DEST (Department of Education, Science and Training) which in turn was renamed from DETYA (Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs), it absorbed the former departments of Education and Training, and Employment and Workplace Relations.

The Parliamentary Office Holders are:

• The current Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations is Senator Chris Evans
  Chris Evans (Australian politician)
  Christopher Vaughan Evans is an Australian politician and a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Western Australia, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:...
  
  
• The current Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth
  Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth
  The Australian Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth has responsibilities which include the following areas:*Education policy and programs including schools, vocational, higher education and Indigenous education, but excluding migrant adult education*Education and training...
  
   is Peter Garrett
  Peter Garrett
  Peter Robert Garrett, AM, MP , is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and politician.Garrett was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002...
  
  

Scope

The Department deals with:

• Education policy and programs (such as the Building the Education Revolution
  Building the Education Revolution
  Building the Education Revolution is an Australian government program administered by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations designed to provide new and refurbished infrastructure to all eligible Australian schools...
  
   and Digital Education Revolution
  Digital Education Revolution
  The Digital Education Revolution is an Australian Government funded educational reform program that was promised by Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd during the launch of his 2007 Australian federal election campaign in Brisbane...
  
  ) including schools, vocational, higher education and Indigenous education, but excluding migrant adult education
• Education and training transitions policy and programs
• Science awareness programs in schools
• Training, including apprenticeships and training services
• Policy, co-ordination and support for education exports and services
• Income support policies and programs for students and apprentices
• Employment policy, including employment services
• Job Services Australia
• Labour market and income support policies and programs for people of working age
• Workplace relations policy development, advocacy and implementation
• Promotion of flexible workplace relations policies and practices
• Co-ordination of labour market research
• Australian government employment workplace relations policy, including administration of the framework for agreement making and remuneration and conditions
• Occupational health and safety, rehabilitation and compensation
• Equal employment opportunity
• Work and family programs
• Services to help people with disabilities obtain employment, other than supported employment
• Youth affairs and programs, excluding income support policies and programs
• Early childhood and childcare policy and programs

The department has assisted in the commercialisation of Australian remote laboratories in higher education, injecting funds into the sector, supporting the foundation of the Labshare

Labshare

Labshare consortium is a laboratory sharing initiative established by the Federal Commonwealth of Australia Government's Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations by their Diversity and Structural Adjustment Fund awarded the five Australian Technology Network Universities:...

 project.

See also

• Minister for Education
• Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
• Minister for Social Inclusion
• List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
• Office of the Chief Scientist (Australia)
  Office of the Chief Scientist (Australia)
  The Office of the Chief Scientist is part of Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research . Its primary responsibilities are to support the Chief Scientist and the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council .-Chief Scientist:The Chief Scientist is responsible for...
  
  
• Education in Australia
  Education in Australia
  Education in Australia is primarily the responsibility of the states and territories. Each state or territory government provides funding and regulates the public and private schools within its governing area. The federal government helps fund the public universities, but is not involved in setting...
  
  

External links

• Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Website