Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs [SEP] inception
Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs
The Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between July 1987 and March 1993.
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 and in the Department's annual reports.
According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 24 July 1987, the Department dealt with:
- Migration, including
, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (later Immigration and Ethnic Affairs and then Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. In the immigration department, he was engaged in managing boat people arrivals in 1989 and 1990.
Between 1999 and 2002 Sullivan was the Chief Executive Officer of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Then, in 2002, 
Sullivan was appointed Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services.
In 2004, the Howard Government rotated Sullivan from FaCS to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. In 2008 Sullivan left his