The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (also called DIMA) was an
Australian government
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department
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that existed between January 2006 and January 2007. It succeeded the
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, which had been in place since 2001. It was the second so-named
Australian Government
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department.
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 11 March 1996, 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; and
*multicultural affairs.
Structure
The Department was an
Australian Public Service
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department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs,
Amanda Vanstone
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.
The Secretary of the Department was Andrew Metcalfe.
Notes
References and further reading
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Ministries established in 2006
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
2006 establishments in Australia
2007 disestablishments in Australia
Multiculturalism in Australia
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