Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Department overview
Formed	3 December 2007
Preceding Department	Department of Education, Science and Training; Department of Employment and Workplace Relations;
Dissolved	18 September 2013
Superseding agency	Department of Education; Department of Employment;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Employees	4,122 (at April 2013)
Department executive	Lisa Paul, Secretary;
Website	DEEWR website

The Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) was a department of the Government of Australia.

It was formed in 2007 and absorbed the former departments of Education, Science and Training, and Employment and Workplace Relations. As a result of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013, the Department of Education and the Department of Employment were created out of the former Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

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