Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
FaCSIA
27 January 2006 – 3 December 2007
Previously Department of Family and Community Services (1998–2006). Renamed Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in 2007.
Department of State responsible for family and community services, income support policy for families, seniors, carers and people with disability, child care, housing, women's policy and Indigenous affairs.
Names over time
- Department of Family and Community Services1998–2006
- Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs2006–2007
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs2007–2013
- Department of Social Services2013–present
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 27 January 2006 from the Department of Family and Community Services, adding Indigenous affairs, including the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination, from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.
- Family and community services
- Income support policy
- Child care
- Housing
- Women's policy
- Indigenous affairs policy
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination and Indigenous Coordination Centres
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs on 3 December 2007, when child care went to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
- Part split off to form Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations · 3 December 2007
- Early childhood and child care
- Renamed to Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs · 3 December 2007
- Family and community services
- Income support policy
- Housing
- Indigenous affairs
- Women's policy
Main functions
- Family assistance and income support policy for families, seniors, carers and people with disability
- Child care
- Housing assistance
- Disability and community services
- Women's policy (Office for Women)
- Indigenous affairs and whole-of-government Indigenous policy coordination
- Northern Territory Emergency Response (from 2007)
Bodies in this portfolio (1)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 21 September 2006 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (took effect as it ended)