The Department of Health and Families replaced the Department of Health and Community Services in 2008. At the end of 2010, the health and welfare functions of this department were separated and the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Families were established in 2011.
The Department of Health and Community Services [l] began in 1987 when health and community services, which had been the responsibility of two different departments, were brought together. In 1995 health functions were separated again when the Territory Health Services was established. The two functions came together again in 2001 and a second version of…
The Department of Health, Northern Territory Government took over responsibility for health services from the Department of Resources and Health in 1978. In 1987 responsibility for health and community services were brought together under the Department of Health and Community Services [l].
The Department of the Northern Territory was the Commonwealth Government Department responsible for administering the Northern Territory from 1975 to 1978.
The Office of the Government Resident, Central Australia, was responsible for the administration of the Central region of the Northern Territory when it was briefly split into two separate administrative areas. The Territory was divided along the 20th parallel under the provisions of the Northern Australia Act 1926. Both regions remained under the control of…
The Office of the Administrator, Northern Territory replaced the Office of the Government Resident. The Office of the Government Resident was abolished when responsibility for the administration of the Northern Territory passed from South Australia to the Commonwealth. The Administrator was appointed as part of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910. The Administrator undertook day…
The Northern Terrritory Divisonal Office of the Commonwealth Department of Health was responsible for health functions and services in the Northern Territory from 1939. From 1942 until 1946 as a result of the evacuation of the Territory during the Second World War the Commandant, 7th Military District took over control of these functions. In 1946…
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries was established on 1 July 2017 as an amalgamation of many government departments, including the Department of Local Government and Communities. The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries includes the Aboriginal History Research Unit (AHRU). AHRU “manages restricted access archive requests for files from…
Child Protection and Family Support is part of the Department of Communities, a department of the State Government of Western Australia created on 1 July 2017. Child Protection and Family Support provides the services that were previously delivered by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support. In 2018, Child Protection and Family Support ran…
The Case Review Board was formed in 1988 to provide an avenue of redress to parents and relevant third parties who believed decisions made by the department responsible for child protection in Western Australia were not in the best interests of the child. The Board was set up as an advisory committee, making recommendations to…
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