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The Minister for Indigenous Australians in the Government of Australia is a position which holds responsibility for affairs affecting Indigenous Australians. Previous ministers have held various other titles since the position was created in 1968, most recently Minister for Indigenous Affairs .
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs was one of several new departments established by the Whitlam government, a wide restructuring in line with the new government's programme. [3] After the Whitlam government was dismissed in 1975, the department had its budget cut by 43 percent in the Fraser government's first budget, in 1976. [4]
The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the minister for immigration and multicultural affairs and Indigenous affairs, Philip Ruddock (until 2003) and then Amanda Vanstone. [1] The secretary of the department at its creation was Bill Farmer.
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 ...
The department was responsible for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs including the government policy of reconciliation in Australia. [1] Functions of the Department included: [1] Developing and evaluating policy affecting Indigenous Australians; Providing services and programs to Indigenous peoples
The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (also known as FaCSIA) was an Australian government department that existed between January 2006 and December 2007. The department which preceded the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs was the Department of Family and Community Services (1998 ...
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, assuming the tourism functions previously managed by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism; The Department of Health replacing the Department of Health and Ageing and assuming the sport functions previously managed by the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
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.