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Organisation Department for Communities (2007 - )

State of Western Australia

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    Redress WA Guidelines (as amended 18 May 2011), 14 September 2012, courtesy of Redress WA.
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From
2007
Categories
Care Provider and Government Department
Website
http://www.communities.wa.gov.au/

Summary

The Department for Communities was established in 2007 in response to a review conducted by Ms Prudence Ford in 2006 which recommended the abolition of the Department for Community Development and the establishment of two separate departments, namely the Department for Communities and the Department for Child Protection.
The State Records Office website provides an overview of the Department:

The Department for Communities incorporates the Office for Youth, the Office for Women's Policy, the Office for Seniors and Carers, the Family and Domestic Violence Unit, the Volunteering Secretariat, Children and Family Services and the Office of Multicultural Interests.
The Department incorporates support for children and families through child care licensing, children services policy development, support for delivery of children's services and a range of parenting programs.

The Department for Communities was responsible for administering the State Government's $114 million 'Redress WA Scheme' and holds records of applications and decisions made on applicants.

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2007
The Department for Communities is responsible for the delivery of programs and services to support and strengthen Western Australia's diverse communities

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Timeline

 1886 - 1898 Aborigines Protection Board
       1898 - 1908 Aborigines Department
             1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
             1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
                   1874 - 1908 Superintendent of Poor Relief and Inspector of Charitable Institutions
                   1920 - 1926 Department of the North West
                   1920 - 1964 Fisheries Department
                         1908 - 1917 Public Charities and State Children Department
                         1926 - 1936 Aborigines Department
                               1917 - 1927 State Children Department
                               1936 - 1954 Department of Native Affairs
                                     1927 - 1972 Child Welfare Department
                                     1955 - 1972 Department of Native Welfare
                                           1972 - 1985 Department for Community Welfare
                                                 1985 - 1992 Department for Community Services
                                                       1992 - 1995 Department for Community Development
                                                             1995 - 2001 Department for Family and Children's Services
                                                                   2001 - 2007 Department for Community Development
                                                                         2007 - Department for Communities

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Online Resources

Gallery

Title
Redress WA scheme updates 2009-2011
Type
Document
Date
28 July 2009 - 6 March 2011
Source
Redress WA

Details

Title
Redress WA Guidelines (as amended 15 February 2010)
Type
Document
Date
15 February 2010
Source
Redress WA

Details

Title
Redress WA Guidelines (as amended 18 May 2011)
Type
Document
Date
18 May 2011
Source
Redress WA

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Department for Communities, State of Western Australia (2007 - ) Agency Detail (State Records Office)', in Archive Collection of Western Australia, State Records Office of Western Australia, 2012, http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/Agency_Detail.asp?Id=1574; Ford, Prudence, Review of the Department for Community Development: Review Report, Dept. For Community Development, Perth, W.A., 2007; Western Australia. Department for Communities, Annual Report to Parliament: Department for Communities, Dept. For Communities, West Perth, WA, 2006-2007. Also available at http://www.communities.wa.gov.au/AboutUs/AnnualReports/Pages/default.aspx.

Prepared by: Debra Rosser

Created: 6 June 2011, Last modified: 23 February 2012