Department of Education (Australia, 2013–14)

Department of Education
Department overview
Formed	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
Preceding Department	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Dissolved	23 December 2014
Superseding Department	Department of Education and Training (Australia)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Christopher Pyne, Minister for Education Simon Birmingham, Assistant Minister for Education Scott Ryan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education
Department executive	Lisa Paul, Secretary
Child Department	Shared Services Centre
Website	www.education.gov.au
Footnotes

The Australian Department of Education was a department of the Australian Government charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs to help Australians access quality and affordable childcare; early childhood education, school education, post-school, higher education, international education and academic research. The head of the department was the Secretary of the Department of Education, Lisa Paul AO PSM, who reported to the Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, the Assistant Minister for Education, the Hon Sussan Ley MP, and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Senator the Hon Scott Ryan.