Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Department overview

Formed	27 January 2006^[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Family and Community Services Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Dissolved	3 December 2007^[1]
Superseding agency	Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Greenway, Canberra
Department executive	Jeff Harmer, Secretary
Website	facsia.gov.au

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.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 27 January 2006, the Department dealt with all the previous functions of the Department of Family and Community Services along with matters related to Indigenous affairs and reconciliation^[2] Previous functions of the Department of Family and Community Services inherited by FaCSIA were:^[1]

Income security policies and programmes for families with children, carers, the aged and people in hardship
Services for families with children, people with disabilities and carers
Community support services, excluding the Home and Community Care program
Family relationship services
Welfare housing and rent assistance
Youth affairs, excluding income support policies and programs
Women's policies and programs

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Community Services and the Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues.^[1]

The Secretary of the Department was Jeff Harmer.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 CA 9036: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 December 2013
↑ Administrative Arrangements Order issued 27 January 2006 (PDF), National Archives of Australia, 27 January 2006, p. 2, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2013

Further resources

Annual reports

Annual Report 2007–2008 (PDF), Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2008, ISBN 978-1-921380-80-8, archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2014
Annual Report 2006–2007 (PDF), Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2007, ISBN 1921130199, archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2014
Annual Report 2005–2006 (PDF), Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2006, ISBN 1921130199, archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2014

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