Department of Jobs and Small Business (Australia)
The Australian Department of Jobs and Small Business was a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility for employment, job services and the labour market, workplace relations, small business, and deregulation. The Department was established on the 20 December 2017 and was part of the larger Jobs and Innovation portfolio which also includes the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science which reported to the Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations, The Hon. Kelly O'Dwyer MP. The final head of the department was the Secretary of the Department of Jobs and Small Business, Kerri Hartland.
On 29 May 2019, the Employment and Industrial Relations portfolios were split, with responsibility for Industrial Relations transferring to the Attorney-General's Department and reporting to the Australian Attorney-General, the Hon. Christian Porter MP, and the employment portfolio becoming the Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, under Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash.History
The department was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 20 December 2017 and replaced the functions previously performed by the Department of Employment which was formed in 2013.Preceding departments
- Department of Labor and Immigration
- Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
- Department of Employment and Youth Affairs
- Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
- Department of Employment, Education and Training
- Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
- Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Department of Employment
Operational activities
The functions of the department are broadly classified into the following matters:
