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Referred to by some as former INS [2] and by others as legacy INS, the agency ceased to exist under that name on March 1, 2003, when most of its functions were transferred to three new entities – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP ...
However the Australasian Cricket Council was disbanded in 1898, and what is now known as Cricket Australia was established in 1905 as the "Australian Board of Control for International Cricket". [7] Before its establishment, tours by Australian teams to England were organised and funded by private groups or by the players themselves.
The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs is a ministerial post of the Australian Government and is currently held by Tony Burke since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry. The post was created in 1945 and its inaugural officeholder was Arthur Calwell as the Minister for Immigration.
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.
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The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. [1] The secretary of the department was at first Andrew Metcalfe (until 2012), then (acting in the position) Martin Bowles. [1] [7] Bowles was appointed permanent secretary in early 2013. [8]
The Department of Home Affairs is a department of the Government of Australia that is charged with responsibilities for national security, protective services, emergency management, border control, immigration, refugees, citizenship, transport security and multicultural affairs. [2]
Indian cricket fans, their bodies painted in the colors of the national flags of India, right and Pakistan,left, pose for photograph in Ahmedabad, India, Oct. 23, 2021.(AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)