Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Department overview
Formed 27 January 2006[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved 3 December 2007[1]
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Greenway, Canberra
Department executive
Website facsia.gov.au

The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (also known as FaCSIA) was an Australian government department that existed between January 2006 and December 2007.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 27 January 2006, the Department dealt with all the previous functions of the Department of Family and Community Services along with matters related to Indigenous affairs and reconciliation[2] Previous functions of the Department of Family and Community Services inherited by FaCSIA were:[1]

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Community Services and the Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues.[1]

The Secretary of the Department was Jeff Harmer.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 CA 9036: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 December 2013
  2. Administrative Arrangements Order issued 27 January 2006 (PDF), National Archives of Australia, 27 January 2006, p. 2, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2013

Further resources

Annual reports

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