Department of Health, Housing and Community Services

Former Australian government department, 1991–1993

Department of Community Services and Health
Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce

Dissolved24 March 1993^[1]Superseding Department

Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services

JurisdictionCommonwealth of AustraliaHeadquartersPhillip, CanberraMinister responsible

Brian Howe, Minister

Department executive

Stuart Hamilton, Secretary

The Department of Health, Housing and Community Services was an Australian government department that existed between June 1991 and March 1993.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and 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:^[1]

Services for the aged, people with disabilities and families with children
Community support services
Housing
Public health, research and preventive medicine
Community health projects
Health promotion
Pharmaceutical benefits
Health benefits schemes
Human quarantine
National drug abuse strategy

Structure

The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services, Brian Howe.^[1]

The Secretary of the Department was S.A. Hamilton.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e CA 7297: Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 December 2013