Department of Social Security (Australia)

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Department of the Social Security
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Department overview
Formed 19 December 1972[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved 21 October 1998[1]
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Canberra
Employees 11,494 (in 1981)[2]
Annual budget $7.7 billion per year (estimate in 1981)[2]
Department executives
Website dss.gov.au

The Department of Social Security (also called the DSS) was the government department in Australia, which administered the Social Security system. The Department existed between 1972 and 1998.

History

The Department was one of several new departments established by the Whitlam Government, a wide restructuring that revealed some of the new government's program.[3]

The Department's delivery of payments and services functions was taken over by Centrelink in 1997.[4] The creation of Centrelink meant significant changes to DSS, with the Department shrinking in size to approximately 700 staff who were tasked with policy formulation and advisory functions.[5] The Department was dissolved completely in October 1998 with the creation of the new Department of Family and Community Services, that took on all remaining DSS functions.[1]

Notes

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References and further reading

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