Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2006–07)

{{Short description|Australian government department, 2006–2007}}

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|formed = 27 January 2006{{citation|title=CA 9034: Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [II]|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+9034|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=15 December 2013}}

|preceding1 = Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

|dissolved = 30 January 2007

|superseding = Department of Immigration and Citizenship

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|jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Australia

|employees = 6,473 (average staffing level for 2005–06){{sfn|Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs|2006|p=317}}

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|minister1_name = Amanda Vanstone

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| chief1_name = Andrew Metcalfe

| chief1_position = Secretary

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| headquarters = Canberra

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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20061128061627/http://www.immi.gov.au/ immi.gov.au]

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The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (also called DIMA) was an Australian government department 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 department.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and 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 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
Multicultural affairs

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Amanda Vanstone. The Secretary of the Department was Andrew Metcalfe.

Notes

References and further reading

{{citation|url=http://www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/annual/2005-06/_pdf/DIMA-annual-report-2005-06-complete.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612132502/http://www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/annual/2005-06/_pdf/DIMA-annual-report-2005-06-complete.pdf|archivedate=12 June 2007|title=Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Annual Report 2005-06|isbn=0-97581817 1|publisher=Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs|author=Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs|date=October 2006}}
{{citation|url=http://www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/annual/2006-07/_pdf/annual-report-2006-07-complete.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401201606/http://www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/annual/2006-07/_pdf/annual-report-2006-07-complete.pdf|archivedate=1 April 2012|title=Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2006-07|publisher=Department of Immigration and Citizenship|author=Department of Immigration and Citizenship|date=October 2007|isbn=978-09803727-8-6}}

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Category:Ministries established in 2006

Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Category:2006 establishments in Australia

Category:2007 disestablishments in Australia

Category:Multiculturalism in Australia