Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development


The Department of Employment and Industrial Relations was an Australian government department that existed between December 1975 and December 1978.

History

The Department was announced in December 1975, after the Departments of Tourism and Recreation, Urban and Regional Development,
Housing and Construction and
the Environment were abolished. The Department was intended to work closely with the States with regards to matters of local concern with a maxim of maximum consultation.

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 and in the Department's annual reports.
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 Environment, Housing and Community Development.