Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2006–07)

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Department overview
Formed	27 January 2006
Preceding Department	Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Dissolved	30 January 2007
Superseding agency	Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Employees	6,473 (average staffing level for 2005-06)
Minister responsible	Amanda Vanstone, Minister
Department executive	Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary
Website	immi.gov.au

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (also called DIMA) was an Australian government department that existed between January 2006 and January 2007. It was the second so-named Australian Government department.

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, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) 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; and
• 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.