The Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs was an

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that existed between July 1987 and March 1993.

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 and in the Department's annual reports. According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 24 July 1987, the Department dealt with: *Migration, including refugees *Citizenship and aliens *Ethic affairs *Post-arrival arrangements for migrants, other than migrant child education *Matters relating to local government *Regional development

Structure

The Department was an

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department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs. The Ministers were

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(until February 1998), then

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(from February 1998 until September 1988), then Robert Ray (September 1988 to April 1990 and finally

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(April 1990 until March 1993). From 24 July 1987 to 1 April 1990, the Secretary of the Department was

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; from 1 April 1990 to 24 March 1993, the Secretary was Chris Conybeare.

References

Ministries established in 1987 Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs 1987 establishments in Australia 1993 disestablishments in Australia {{Australia-gov-stub