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Australian Government Department

This article is about the Australian Government Department of Education formed in 2022. For the 2019–2020 Australian Government Department of Education, seeDepartment of Education (Australia, 2019–2020). For the 1972–83 Australian Government Department of Education, seeDepartment of Education (1972–1983). For the 1984–87 Australian Government Department of Education, seeDepartment of Education (1984–1987). For the 2013–14 Australian Government Department of Education, seeDepartment of Education (Australia, 2013–14).

Department of Education
Department overview

The national office of the Department of Education, 50 Marcus Clarke Street,Canberra.
Formed	1 July 2022 (2022-07-01)^[1]
PrecedingDepartment	Department of Education, Skills and Employment
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Jason Clare, Minister for Education Jess Walsh,Minister for Early Childhood Education,Minister for Youth
Department executive	Tony Cook,Secretary (2023–present)
Child agencies	Australian Research Council Australian Qualifications Framework Shared Services Centre
Website	www.education.gov.au
Footnotes
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TheDepartment of Education is adepartment of theGovernment of Australia formed on 1 July 2022.^[1]

History

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The department was formed by way of anAdministrative Arrangements Order issued on 1 June 2022.^[1] It split the precedingDepartment of Education, Skills and Employment into the newly formed Department of Education andDepartment of Employment and Workplace Relations.

Preceding departments

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The Department of Education's predecessor departments have been:

Department of Education and Science (13 December 1966 – 19 December 1972)
Department of Education (19 December 1972 – 11 March 1983)
Department of Education and Youth Affairs (11 March 1983 – 13 December 1984)
Department of Education (13 December 1984 – 24 July 1987)
Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) (24 July 1987 – 11 March 1996)
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) (11 March 1996 – 21 October 1998)
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA) (21 October 1998 – 26 November 2001)
Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) (26 November 2001 – 3 December 2007)
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) (3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013)
Department of Education (18 September 2013 – 23 December 2014)
Department of Education and Training (23 December 2014 – 29 May 2019)
Department of Education (29 May 2019 – 1 February 2020)
Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) (1 February 2020 – 1 July 2022)

Operational activities

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In anAdministrative Arrangements Order made on 13 May 2025, the functions of the department were broadly classified into the following matters:^[3]

Schools education policy and programmes
Education transitions policy and programmes
Youth affairs and programmes, including youth transitions
Pre-school education policy and programmes
Higher education policy, regulation and programmes
Policy, coordination and support for international education and research engagement
Co-ordination of research policy in relation to universities
Creation and development of research infrastructure
Research grants and fellowships
Early childhood education and care policy and programmes

References

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^^a ^b ^c"Administrative Order Arrangements"(PDF).Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved30 June 2022.
^"Department of Education Organization Chart". 1 July 2022.
^"Administrative Arrangements Order - 13 May 2025"(PDF).Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). 13 May 2025. Retrieved1 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under theCC BY 4.0 license.

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