Department of Education (Australia, 2013–14)

The Australian Department of Education was a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs to help Australians access quality and affordable childcare; early childhood education, school education, post-school, higher education, international education and academic research. The head of the department was the Secretary of the Department of Education, Lisa Paul AO PSM, who reported to the Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, the Assistant Minister for Education, the Hon Sussan Ley MP, and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Senator the Hon Scott Ryan.

This article is about the 2013–14 Australian Government Department of Education. For the 1972–83 Australian Government Department of Education, see Department of Education (1972–1983). For the 1984–87 Australian Government Department of Education, see Department of Education (1984–1987). For the current Australian Government Department of Education since 2019, see Department of Education (Australia, 2019–2020).

Department of Education
Department overview
Formed18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
Preceding Department
Dissolved23 December 2014
Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Ministers responsible
  • Christopher Pyne,
    Minister for Education
  • Simon Birmingham,
    Assistant Minister for Education
  • Scott Ryan,
    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education
Department executive
  • Lisa Paul, Secretary
Child Department
  • Shared Services Centre
Websitewww.education.gov.au
Footnotes
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