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Department of Health and Family Services

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Scope
Structure
References

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Department of Health and Aged Care - for most matters relating to health

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The Department of Health and Family Services was an Australian government department that existed between March 1996 and October 1998.

The Department was created after the 1996 federal election in which a new Government was elected, gaining responsibility for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program from the former Department of Housing and Regional Development.^[2]

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 11 March 1996, the Department dealt with:^[3]

Services for the aged, people with disabilities and families with children
Community support services
Public health and medical research
Health promotion and disease prevention
Primary health care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Pharmaceutical benefits
Health benefits schemes
Specific health services, including human quarantine
National drug abuse strategy
Regulation of quality of therapeutic goods

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister.^[1]

The Secretary of the Department was Andrew Podger.^[1]^[2]

References

1. ^¹²³{{citation|title=CA 8246: Department of Health and Family Services, Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+8246|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=2 December 2013}}
2. ^¹{{citation|url=http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-history.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109190520/http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-history.htm|archivedate=9 November 2013|title=History of the Department|publisher=Department of Health|author=Department of Health}}
3. ^{{citation|url=http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/AAO_1996_11_Mar_tcm16-45254.pdf|title=Administrative Arrangements Order issued 11 March 1996|date=11 March 1996|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427215854/http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/AAO_1996_11_Mar_tcm16-45254.pdf|archivedate=27 April 2013|publisher=National Archives of Australia}}

4 : Ministries established in 1996|Defunct government departments of Australia|1996 establishments in Australia|1998 disestablishments in Australia

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