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Department Of Immigration
The Department of Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between July 1945 and June 1974. 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. At its creation, the Department's functions were: *Admission of contract immigrants *Deportation and Registration of Aliens *Emigration of Children and Aboriginals *Encouraged migration *Immigration *Indentured coloured labor *Nationality and Naturalization *Passports *Publication of Newspapers in foreign languages *Repatriation of destitute Australians Structure The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Immigration. References Ministries established in 1945 Immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of The Interior (1939–1972)
The Department of the Interior was an Australian government department that existed between April 1939 and December 1972. It was the second so-named Australian government department. Scope Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Machinery of government#Australian Government Administrative Arrangement Orders, Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports. The department was diverse and dealt with a broad range of activities. According to the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 30 November 1939, the department dealt with: *Aliens – registration of *Ashmore and Cartier Islands *Assisted Migration *Astronomy *Australian Capital Territory – administration of *Australian War Memorial *Conveyance of Members of Parliament and others *Co-ordination of Australian Transport Services *Elections and franchise *Emigration of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Labor And Immigration
The Department of Labor and Immigration was an Government of Australia, Australian government department that existed between June 1974 and December 1975. History When the Department of Labor and Immigration was formed by the Whitlam government in June 1974, it represented a merger of the Department of Labour (Australia), Department of Labour and the Department of Immigration. Scope Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Machinery of government#Australian Government Administrative Arrangement Orders, Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports. At its creation, the Department's functions were: *Industrial relations, including conciliation and arbitration in relation to industrial disputes *Commonwealth Employment Service *Reinstatement in civil employment of national servicemen, members of the Reserve Forces and members of the Citizen Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Foreign Affairs (Australia)
The Department of Foreign Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between November 1970 and July 1987. History The department was created under the Gorton government, the new department representing a simple name change from the previous Department of External Affairs. The old External Affairs title was sometimes causing confusion and the name change, initiated by William McMahon, brought Australia into line with common international practice. 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. In 1975, the department's functions were: *The control and management of Australian Embassies, High Commissions, Consulates and similar permanent missions abroad having diplomatic and consular status. *Responsibility within Australia for relationships between the Australian Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Australia
The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national Executive (government), executive government of Australia, a federalism, federal Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive consists of the Prime Minister of Australia, prime minister, Cabinet of Australia, cabinet ministers and other ministers that currently have the support of a majority of the members of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives (the lower house) and also includes the Australian Government#Departments, departments and other List of Australian Government entities, executive bodies that ministers oversee. The Albanese government, current executive government consists of Anthony Albanese and other ministers of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), in office since the 2022 Australian federal election, 2022 federal election. The Prime Minister of Australia, prime minister is the Head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasman Heyes
Sir Tasman Hudson Eastwood "Tas" Heyes (6 November 189625 June 1980) was a senior Australian public servant and policymaker. He was Secretary of the Department of Immigration between May 1946 and November 1961. Life and career Tasman Heyes joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1912 as a messenger in the Department of Defence. In 1941, he was Acting Director of the Australian War Memorial, and oversaw the opening of the institution. Between 1946 and 1961, Heyes was Secretary of the Department of Immigration under minister Arthur Calwell. He defended the White Australia policy, preferring British and Northern European immigrants, and people of 'Aryan' stock. Heyes died on 25 June 1980 and was cremated. Awards Heyes was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1953. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in January 1960 for service as Secretary of the Department of Immigration. In 1962, Heyes was awarded the Nansen Refugee Award by the UN R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Heydon
Sir Peter Richard Heydon (9 September 191315 May 1971) was an Australian public servant, policymaker, and diplomat. From 1961 to 1971 he was Secretary of the Department of Immigration. Life and career Peter Heydon was born in Croydon, Sydney, on 9 September 1913. He was educated at Fort Street Boys' High School, and in 1936 joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Department of External Affairs, soon after having been admitted to the NSW bar. In 1942, Heydon married Muriel Naomi Slater, a Canadian who had been his personal assistant during his appointment to the staff of Richard Casey in Washington. In a eulogy after Heydon's death in 1971, Finlay Crisp described the couple's relationship as having "a tempo, a temper and a tone". From 1943 to 1944, Heydon served with the Australian legation to the Soviet Union which had just opened at the wartime capital of Kuibyshev. Between May and September 1950, Heydon was ''chargé d'affaires'' in charge of the Australian Embass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Armstrong (public Servant)
Robert Edward Armstrong (24 July 191119 February 1988) was a senior Australian public servant and policy maker. Between May 1971 and June 1974 he was Secretary of the Department of Immigration The Department of Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between July 1945 and June 1974. Scope Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administr .... Life and career Bob Armstrong was born on 24 July 1911 in Erskineville, Sydney. In 1940, Armstrong enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. Posted to the 7th Division headquarters as a clerk, he served in Egypt, Palestine, Africa, Syria and Java. Between 1971 and 1974, he was secretary of the Department of Immigration. Armstrong died in Canberra on 19 February 1988. Awards In 1967, Armstrong was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire while Assistant Secretary of the Immigration Department. References 1911 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machinery Of Government
The machinery of government (sometimes abbreviated as MoG) is the interconnected structures and processes of government, such as the functions and accountability of departments in the executive branch of government. The term is used particularly in the context of changes to established systems of public administration where different elements of machinery are created. The phrase 'machinery of government' was thought to have been first used by author John Stuart Mill in '' Considerations on Representative Government'' (1861). It was notably used to a public audience by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a radio broadcast in 1934, commenting on the role of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in delivering the New Deal. A number of national governments, including those of Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, have adopted the term in official usage. Australia In Australia, the terms 'machinery of government changes' and 'administrative re-arrange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Public Service
The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration, public policy, and public services of the departments and executive and statutory agencies of the Government of Australia. The Australian Public Service was established at the Federation of Australia in 1901 as the Commonwealth Public Service and modelled on the Westminster system and United Kingdom's Civil Service. The establishment and operation of the Australian Public Service is governed by the '' Public Service Act 1999'' of the Parliament of Australia as an "apolitical public service that is efficient and effective in serving the Government, the Parliament and the Australian public". The conduct of Australian public servants is also governed by a Code of Conduct and guided by the APS Values set by the Australian Public Service Commission. As such, the employees and officers of the Australian Public Service are obliged to serve t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministries Established In 1945
Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ministry, activity by Christians to spread or express their faith ** Minister (Christianity), clergy authorized by a church or religious organization to perform teaching or rituals ** Ordination, the process by which individuals become clergy * Ministry of Jesus, activities described in the Christian gospels * ''Ministry'' (magazine), a magazine for pastors published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church Music * Ministry (band), an American industrial metal band * Ministry of Sound, a London nightclub and record label Fiction * Ministry of Magic, governing body in the ''Harry Potter'' series * Ministry of Darkness, a professional wrestling stable led by The Undertaker See also * Minister (other) * Department (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
