Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2006–07)

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs 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.

WWW immi.gov.au

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.