Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1993–1996)

The Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between March 1993 and March 1996.

Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

Department overview
Formed	24 March 1993[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs
Dissolved	11 March 1996[1]
Superseding Department	Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (I)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Minister responsible	Alan Griffiths, Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
Department executive	Chris Conybeare, Secretary

Scope

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

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 24 March 1993, the department dealt with:^[2]

• Migration, including refugees
• Citizenship
• Ethnic affairs
• Post-arrival arrangements for migrants, other than migrant child education

Structure

The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs. The Minister was Nick Bolkus.^[1]

The Secretary of the Department was C. Conybeare.^[1]