Department of Employment, Education and Training

Department of Employment, Education and Training
Department overview
Formed	24 July 1987
Preceding Department	Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (II) – for employment, training, labour market programs and the Commonwealth Employment Service; Department of Education (II) – for education other than migrant adult education; Department of Science (III) – for research functions;
Dissolved	11 March 1996
Superseding Department	Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible	John Dawkins, Minister (1987–1991); Kim Beazley, Minister (1991–1993); Simon Crean, Minister (1993–1996);
Department executives	Vince FitzGerald, Secretary (1987–1989); Greg Taylor, Secretary (1989–1993); Derek Volker, Secretary (1993–1996);

The Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) was an Australian government department that existed between July 1987 and March 1996.