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  2. Department of Home Affairs (Australia) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Department of Immigration and Border Protection - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Australian Customs and Border Protection Service - Wikipedia

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    From 1 July 2015, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service were consolidated into a single Department of Immigration and Border Protection. At this time, the Australian Border Force, a single frontline operational border agency, was established within the department. The ...

  5. Australian Border Force - Wikipedia

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    The ABF was established on 1 July 2015 merging the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service with the immigration detention and compliance functions of the then Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

  6. Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Minister for Home Affairs (Australia) - Wikipedia

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    The Home Affairs portfolio was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 20 December 2017 [7] with responsibilities for national security including cybersecurity and counterterrorism, law enforcement, emergency management, transport security, immigration, citizenship, border control, and multicultural affairs.

  8. Operation Sovereign Borders - Wikipedia

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    Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) is a border protection operation led by the Australian Border Force, aimed at stopping maritime arrivals of asylum seekers to Australia. [1] The operation is the outcome of a 2013 federal election policy of the Coalition, which commenced on 18 September 2013 after the election of the Abbott government. [2]

  9. Australian Customs Service - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Customs Service was an Australian Government agency responsible for Australian border protection, duties and taxes between 1985 and 2009. The Service was first under the portfolio of the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce from 1985 to 1998 and then the Attorney-General's Department from 1998 to 2009.