Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
DIEA
22 December 1975 – 24 July 1987
Renamed Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs in 1987.
Department of State responsible for immigration and migrant selection, refugee and humanitarian entry, migrant settlement services, citizenship and ethnic affairs.
Names over time
- Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs1975–1987
- Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs1987–1993
- Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs1993–1996
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs1996–2001
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs2001–2006
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs2006–2007
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship2007–2013
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection2013–2017
- Department of Home Affairs2017–present
How it came into existence
Created by the Fraser government's Administrative Arrangements Order of 22 December 1975 from the immigration functions of the abolished Department of Labor and Immigration, with Michael MacKellar as minister.
- Immigration
- Migrant settlement
- Citizenship
Changes during its life
- Adult migrant education
Reported from the Department of Education and Youth Affairs record; which department ran the Adult Migrant Education Program before 1984 is not confirmed.
How it ended
Became the Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs on 24 July 1987, when local government was added from the abolished Department of Local Government and Administrative Services.
- Immigration
- Citizenship
- Ethnic affairs
Main functions
- Immigration policy and migrant selection
- Refugee and humanitarian program
- Migrant settlement services and migrant centres
- Adult Migrant Education Program
- Citizenship
- Ethnic affairs and multicultural policy
- Translating and interpreting services
Bodies in this portfolio (4)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 22 December 1975 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1983, as amended to 30 January 1987 (sets it out)
1 more Administrative Arrangements Order sets it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1983 (sets it out)