Versions and updates

Current programIEA Guidelines Part B v1.1Effective 24 November 2025

Recorded snapshot31 public IEA filesRetrieved 30 July 2026Part B official location checked 6 August 2026

Current serviceReform underway

Workforce Australia Services referencePart A v1.16 · Part B v1.24Both effective 1 July 2026

Recorded snapshot2 searchable Guidelines · 1 Deed recordRetrieved 6 August 2026The public sample Deed is linked but not reproduced or searched

Official publication and program timeline

3 June 2026DEWR publication

Current Workforce Australia Services Guideline set published

DEWR published Part A Universal Guidelines v1.16 and Part B Workforce Australia Services v1.24, both effective 1 July 2026. Their official web assets were modified on 14 July 2026 without a stated version change, so ServiceCite records file hashes as well as version numbers.

View the recorded source set

27 May 2026DEWR reform context

Future mainstream employment services design consultation opened

Public consultation ran to 31 July 2026 and design work continues. DEWR has not published a replacement date, so ServiceCite keeps reform context separate from the current Guideline versions and does not infer a cutover.

Official employment services reform information

24 November 2025DSS publication

Guidelines Part B version 1.1 published and effective

The official version history records readability and visual identity updates, plus policy or process changes in four chapters.

ServiceCite does not show a line-by-line v1.0 comparison because the v1.0 source is not held in the recorded corpus.

View official Part B source

1 November 2025Program transition

IEA replaced DES

IEA became the current program. DES is treated as a former program and kept separate for historical and transition reference.

View the official DSS transition statement

17 July 2025DSS publication

Guidelines Part B version 1.0 published

The official version history records an effective date of 1 November 2025.

ServiceCite release and evidence timeline

6 August 2026ServiceCite release

Workforce Australia Services public Guidelines reference added

ServiceCite structured current Part A and Part B into a separately scoped reference, retained DEWR document and version labels, and excluded the public sample Deed, Provider Portal material and other Workforce Australia services from search.

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6 August 2026ServiceCite release

Program portfolio and explicit coverage model added

ServiceCite separated Employment services from Education and skills, added official publisher profiles and program lineages, and made lifecycle, reform context and ServiceCite coverage distinct. Searchable documents remain separately labelled from program profiles and source-register-only material.

Browse the program portfolio

6 August 2026ServiceCite release

Section citations, team workflow and DES history added

ServiceCite added stable numbered-section links, version-aware citation controls, clearer source-status language and a separate official-link reference for the former DES program. The DSS source wording was not changed by this release.

30 July 2026Source retrieval

Initial public IEA source set recorded

31 public Word files were retrieved from DSS and JobAccess, integrity checked and assigned SHA-256 records. Part B v1.1 was structured into 14 chapter pages.

How to read this page

Official publication: A version or change stated by the responsible Australian Government publisher.
Source retrieval: A copy ServiceCite obtained from an official public location.
ServiceCite release: A navigation, presentation or product change, not a policy change.