Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
OATSIA
26 November 2001 – 1 July 2004
Office within the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs that gave the minister responsible for Indigenous affairs policy advice independent of ATSIC and coordinated Commonwealth Indigenous policy across government.
How it came into existence
Created on 26 November 2001, when the Administrative Arrangements Order of that date abolished the Department of Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (formed in January 2001 largely from the Office of Indigenous Policy in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet) and placed its functions in the new Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs as this office.
- Replaced Department of Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs · 26 November 2001
- Policy advice on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs
- Coordination of Commonwealth Indigenous policy
How it ended
Replaced on 1 July 2004 by the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination in the same department, which took over its policy advice and coordination role together with the coordinating functions of ATSIS.
- Policy advice to the Minister
- Whole-of-government coordination of Indigenous policy
Main functions
- Policy advice to the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
- Whole-of-government coordination of Indigenous policy
- Liaison between ATSIC and Commonwealth agencies
- Support for intergovernmental work on Indigenous affairs
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.
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Sources
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