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The Perth IDC contained both a detention centre and residential housing for families. In 2009 it was managed by G4S, a private company, [2] but as of 2019 it is managed by the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs.
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] The Home Affairs portfolio reports to the Minister for Home ...
The Migration Act 1958 allowed discretionary detention of unauthorised arrivals until 1992. Since the 1990s when the Keating government created a policy of mandatory detention of unauthorised arrivals, with non-citizens arriving by boat without a valid visa being detained until they were either granted a visa, or deported.
The David Malcolm Justice Centre is a 33-storey, 149-metre (489 ft) tall skyscraper on Barrack Street in Perth, Western Australia.The building is named after David Malcolm, a former chief justice of Western Australia, and houses civil courtrooms for the Supreme Court of Western Australia as well as office space for the Department of Treasury and the Department of Justice.
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013 [3] and replaced the majority of the functions previously performed by the former Department of Immigration and Citizenship; with the exception of most settlement and multicultural affairs programs that were assumed by the Department of Human Services.
The Australian Border Force (ABF) is a federal law enforcement agency, part of the Department of Home Affairs, responsible for offshore and onshore border enforcement, investigations, compliance, detention operations and customs services in Australia.
Perth Immigration Detention Centre: Operational: Maximum: Department of Immigration and Border Protection: 1981: 55; [9] Perth Airport, Western Australia Pontville Immigration Detention Centre [3] Closed: Medium: Serco: August 2011: September 2013: 400: Brighton Army Camp, Pontville, Tasmania: Port Augusta Immigration Residential Housing [3 ...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is an executive agency of the Australian federal government under the Department of Home Affairs. [1] [2] The agency is responsible for coordinating and managing a national-level emergency response to help those affected by natural disasters, including droughts, bushfires and floods. [3]