Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

{{Short description|Australian government department, 2007–2013}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox government agency

|agency_name = Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

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|logo_width = 200 px

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|formed = 3 December 2007

|preceding1 = Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

|dissolved = 18 September 2013

|superseding = Department of Social Services
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Indigenous affairs functions)

|type = Department

|jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Australia

|employees = 3,324 (at April 2013){{citation|url=http://www.apsc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/29223/SOSR-2012_13-final-tagged2.pdf|page=253|title=State of the Service Report: State of the Service Series 2012-13|date=2 December 2013|author=Australian Public Service Commission|publisher=Australian Public Service Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206035449/http://www.apsc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/29223/SOSR-2012_13-final-tagged2.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2013}}

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|minister1_name =

|minister1_pfo =

| chief1_name = Jeff Harmer

| chief1_position = Secretary (2007–2011){{cite press release|first=Julia|last=Gillard|date=21 December 2010|title=Departmental Secretaries|url=http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=17548|archive-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101125041/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=17548}}

| chief2_name = Finn Pratt

| chief2_position = Secretary (2011–2013)

|website = [http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/ fahcsia.gov.au]

|footnotes =

|headquarters = Greenway, Canberra

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File:Main entrance to FaHCSIA offices March 2013.jpg

The former Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) was a department of the Australian Government located in Greenway in Canberra. It was formed in 2007 and absorbed the former Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. As a result of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013, the Department of Social Services was established and assumed most of the responsibilities of FaHCSIA; with indigenous affairs functions assumed by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbott-puts-broom-through-bureaucracy/story-fn59niix-1226721922686|title=Tony Abbott puts broom through bureaucracy |first=Ben |last=Packham|date=18 September 2013|newspaper=The Australian|access-date=24 September 2013}}{{cite press release|title=The Coalition will restore strong, stable and accountable government|url=http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2013-09-18/coalition-will-restore-strong-stable-and-accountable-government|first=Tony|last=Abbott|date=18 September 2013|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|location=Canberra, Australia|access-date=20 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920044911/http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2013-09-18/coalition-will-restore-strong-stable-and-accountable-government|archive-date=20 September 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|first=Lauren|last= Wilson|newspaper=The Australian|title=Coalition carves up the public service|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/coalition-carves-up-public-service/story-fn59niix-1226722363408|date=19 September 2013|access-date=24 September 2013}}