Department of Home Affairs (Australia)
Commonwealth of Australia | |
Headquarters | Canberra |
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Employees | 14,569 (2021) |
Annual budget | $5.942 billion (2021) |
Minister responsible | |
Department executive |
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Child Department | |
Website | www.homeaffairs.gov.au |
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The Department of Home Affairs is the
The Department was officially established on 20 December 2017, building on the former Department of Immigration and Border Protection and bringing policy responsibilities and agencies from the Attorney-General's Department, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Department of Social Services. The Department of Home Affairs is seen as the Australian version of the United Kingdom's Home Office or the United States Department of Homeland Security.[5]
History
One of the seven inaugural
The proposed establishment of the Department of Home Affairs was announced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on 18 July 2017 to be headed by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton as the designated Minister for Home Affairs to bring together all national security, border control and law enforcement agencies of the government.[6] The Department was officially stood up on the 20 December 2017 through an Administrative Arrangements Order.
The Department combines the national security, law enforcement and emergency management functions of the Attorney-General's Department, the transport security functions of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, the counterterrorism and cybersecurity functions of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the multicultural affairs functions of the Department of Social Services, and the entirety of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
Ministers
The ministers of the Home Affairs portfolio were announced on 31 May 2022 by the newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese including a Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs held by Andrew Giles and a Minister for Emergency Management held by Murray Watt.[7]
The following are the ministers of the portfolio:[8]
- Minister for Home Affairs: Clare O'Neil
- Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs: Andrew Giles
- Minister for Emergency Management: Murray Watt
Portfolio responsibilities
The Department is responsible for the following functions:[9]
- National security policy and operations, including
- Countering terrorism policy and coordination
- Countering foreign interference
- Countering violent extremism programs
- Law enforcement policy and operations
- Immigration and migration, including
- border security
- entry, stay and departure arrangements for non-citizens
- customs and border control other than quarantine and inspection
- Multicultural affairs
- Transport Security
- Cyber policy coordination
- Protective Services at Commonwealth establishments and diplomatic and consular premises in Australia
- Critical infrastructure protection co-ordination
- Commonwealth emergency management
- Natural disaster relief, recovery and mitigation policy and financial assistance including payments to the States and Territories and the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment
Departmental functions
Counter-Terrorism
The Commonwealth Counter-Terrorism Coordinator and the Centre for Counter-Terrorism Coordination within the Department of Home Affairs (formerly within the
Cyber Security
The inaugural National Cyber Security Coordinator was
CERT Australia is the national
Aviation and Maritime Security
The Aviation and Maritime Security Division (formerly the Office of Transport Security within the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development) is led by the Executive Director of Transport Security and is responsible for aviation security, air cargo security, maritime security, and various transport security operations.
Transnational Serious and Organised Crime
The Commonwealth Transnational Serious and Organised Crime Coordinator is responsible for policy development and strategic coordination of the disruption of transnational serious organised crime across the Australian Government including the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, and state and territory law enforcement agencies. The Coordinator is held concurrently by an Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner.[17]
Counter Child Exploitation
The Australian Centre to Counter
Counter Foreign Interference
The National Counter Foreign Interference Coordinator is responsible for policy development and strategic coordination of countering foreign interference and
Critical Infrastructure
The Australian Government Critical Infrastructure Centre (CIC) is responsible for whole-of-government coordination of
Crisis Coordination
The Australian Government Crisis Coordination Centre (CCC) is an all-hazards coordination facility, which operates on a 24/7 basis, and supports the Australian Government Crisis Committee (AGCC) and the National Crisis Committee (NCC). The CCC provides whole-of-government all-hazards monitoring and situational awareness for domestic and international events and coordinates Australian Government responses to major domestic incidents. The Crisis Coordination Centre is managed by the Crisis Management Branch of Emergency Management Australia which was within the Attorney-General's Department before its transfer.
Departmental Executive
- Secretary of Home Affairs
- Deputy Secretary (Executive)
- Deputy Secretary (Policy)
- Deputy Secretary (Corporate and Enabling) / Chief Operating Officer
- Deputy Secretary (Intelligence and Capability)
- Deputy Secretary (Immigration and Citizenship Services)
- Deputy Secretary (Infrastructure, Transport Security and Customs) / Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs
- Commonwealth Counter-Terrorism Coordinator
- National Cyber Security Adviser
- Commonwealth Transnational Serious and Organised Crime Coordinator
- National Counter Foreign Interference Coordinator
- Commissioner of the Australian Border Force / Comptroller-General of Customs
- Director-General of Security
- Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
- Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
Portfolio agencies
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- Maritime Border Command and Operation Sovereign Borders)
See also
- Department of Home Affairs (1901–16)
- Department of Home and Territories (1916–1928)
- Department of Home Affairs (1928–32)
- Department of the Interior (1932–39)
- Department of the Interior (1939–72)
- Department of Home Affairs (1977–80)
- Department of Home Affairs and Environment (1980–84)
References
- ^ "Department of Home Affairs". www.directory.gov.au. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "A Strong and Secure Australia". Prime Minister of Australia. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Home affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo sacked for breaching government code of conduct | Australian politics | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Clun, Rachel (1 June 2022). "Australian Federal Police moved out of Home Affairs five years after it went in". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Peter Dutton given control of new home affairs super ministry". The Guardian. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "A Strong and Secure Australia". Prime Minister of Australia. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- SBS News. Australia.
- ^ "Who we are - Our Ministers". Department of Home Affairs. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Administrative Arrangements Order AAO 20 December 2017, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- ^ [1] Archived 1 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine Office of the Counter-Terrorism Coordinator
- ^ [2] Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine Review of Australia's Counter-Terrorism Machinery
- ^ "Cyber Coordinator". homeaffairs.gov.au. Department of Home Affairs (Australia). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Greene, Andrew; Roberts, Georgia (15 November 2023). "Defence recalls cybersecurity coordinator Air Marshal Darren Goldie". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Worthington, Brett (25 February 2024). "Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness appointed national cyber security coordinator". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ [3] Alastair MacGibbon is the new Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Cyber Security at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 December 2016) Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Cyber Security Strategy
- ^ [4] CERT Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2017) Australian Government Attorney-General's Department page on CERT Australia
- ^ Joint Press Conference with Minister Peter Dutton, Commissioner Andrew Colvin and Deputy Commissioner Karl Kent — Parliament House Archived 28 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine Department of Home Affairs
- ^ Crack unit to ward off threats from espionage The Australian
- ^ [5] Archived 28 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine Australian Government Attorney-General's Department page on Critical infrastructure resilience