Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
OIPC
1 July 2004 – 2008
Office that coordinated whole-of-government Indigenous policy and program delivery after the abolition of ATSIS, overseeing the network of Indigenous Coordination Centres and Shared Responsibility Agreements with communities.
How it came into existence
Established on 1 July 2004 in the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs under the Howard government's new arrangements for Indigenous affairs, combining the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs with the regional, coordination and residual program functions of ATSIS, whose other programs went to mainstream departments.
- Policy advice to the Minister
- Whole-of-government coordination of Indigenous policy
- Regional offices, which became Indigenous Coordination Centres
- Native title and land rights programs
- Residual Indigenous-specific programs
Changes during its life
- 27 January 2006Moved with Indigenous affairs to the new Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- 3 December 2007Became part of the new Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- Residual ATSIC administration and support for its regional councils until 30 June 2005
On the abolition of the ATSIC Board; the regional councils continued until 30 June 2005.
How it ended
Absorbed around 2008 into the Indigenous policy and program groups of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, which continued its coordination role and the Indigenous Coordination Centres.
- Whole-of-government Indigenous policy coordination
Date approximate.
Main functions
- Whole-of-government coordination of Indigenous policy
- Management of the Indigenous Coordination Centres
- Shared Responsibility Agreements and Regional Partnership Agreements
- Policy advice to the Minister responsible for Indigenous affairs
- Support for the National Indigenous Council
- Funding of native title and land rights bodies
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
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Sources
Government records and websites
Other sources
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