Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Department overview
Formed30 January 2007 (2007-01-30)[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Employees8,811 (April 2013)[2]
Annual budgetA$1.9 billion (2008–09 estimate)[3]
Ministers responsible
  • Chris Evans[4], Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2007–2010)
  • Chris Bowen[4], Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010–2013)
Department executives
Websiteborder.gov.au
Previous headquarters of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Belconnen, Canberra.

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) was an Australian government department that existed between January 2007 and September 2013, that was preceded by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and was succeeded by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

  1. ^ "CA 9152: Department of Immigration and Citizenship", National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2021
  2. ^ Australian Public Service Commission (2 December 2013), State of the Service Report: State of the Service Series 2012-13 (PDF), Australian Public Service Commission, p. 253, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2013
  3. ^ Department of Immigration and Citizenship (May 2008), Agency Resources and Planned Performance (PDF), Department of Immigration and Citizenship, p. 17, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012
  4. ^ a b Parliament of Australia, Developments in Australia law and policy 2007-10, Parliament of Australia
  5. ^ Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Martin Bowles PSM, Secretary (PDF), Department of Immigration and Border Protection, archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2013

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