The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) was an

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department that existed between January 2007 and September 2013, that was preceded by the

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) was a department of the Government of Australia that was responsible for immigration, citizenship and border control (including visa issuance). It has now been subsumed into the Depart ...

and was succeeded by the

Department of Immigration and Border Protection The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) was a department of the Government of Australia that was responsible for immigration, citizenship and border control (including visa issuance). It has now been subsumed into the Depart ...

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, in the department's annual reports and on the department's website. According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 3 December 2007, the department dealt with: *Entry, stay and departure arrangements for non-citizens *Border immigration control *Arrangements for the settlement of migrants and humanitarian entrants, other than migrant child education *Citizenship *Ethnic affairs *Multicultural affairs

Structure

The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. The secretary of the department was at first

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(until 2012), then (acting in the position)

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. Bowles was appointed permanent secretary in early 2013. gainst this plaintiff.

References

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