Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
FaHCSIA
3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013
Previously Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2006–2007). Renamed Department of Social Services in 2013.
Department of State responsible for family and income support policy for families, seniors, carers and people with disability, housing and homelessness, community services, 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 on 3 December 2007 by the Rudd government's Administrative Arrangements Order, when the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs was renamed with housing added to its title; child care went to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
- Family and community services
- Income support policy
- Housing
- Indigenous affairs
- Women's policy
Changes during its life
- Whole-of-government Indigenous policy coordination
Date approximate.
- NDIS design and launch preparation
How it ended
Became the Department of Social Services on 18 September 2013, with Indigenous affairs and the Office for Women going to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
- Families and children
- Social security policy
- Housing
- Community services
- Disability and carers
- Indigenous affairs policy and programs
- Women's policy (Office for Women)
Main functions
- Family and income support policy for families, seniors, carers and people with disability
- Housing affordability and homelessness programs
- Indigenous affairs, including the Northern Territory Emergency Response
- Disability policy and design of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Women's policy (Office for Women)
- Community services and volunteering
Bodies in this portfolio (2)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013 (took effect as it ended)
6 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 25 January 2008 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 September 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 October 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 December 2011 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 9 February 2012 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 16 May 2013 (sets it out)