Department of Labour (Australia)

Department of Labour
Department overview
Formed	19 December 1972
Preceding Department	Department of the Interior (II) - for industrial relations; Department of Labour and National Service - for industrial relations, Commonwealth Employment Service;
Dissolved	12 June 1974
Superseding agency	Department of Labor and Immigration;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Minister responsible	Clyde Cameron, Minister;
Department executive	Ian Sharp, Secretary;

The Department of Labour was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and June 1974. This department was created and operated under the Whitlam government, with Clyde Cameron appointed as minister. The Department of Labour was a catalyst for the increase in the national minimum wage and pushed for the equalising of pay rates between men and women. During this period, Cameron pushed for paid maternity and annual leave. They also worked to reduce the number of industrial disputes for the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. Many attribute the department's employment of wage indexation policies as a contributing factor to the 1975 economic recession.

The Department was one of several new Departments established by the Whitlam government, a wide restructuring that revealed some of the new government's reforms.

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