About FaHCSIA 

Overview 

The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) exists to support the Government and, through our Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, to deliver on a broad range of social policy outcomes.

Our vision is a strong and fair society for all Australians. Our mission is to support our Minister by collaboratively developing and implementing excellent social policy.

What We Do, About our Secretary, our Organisation Chart and our Strategic Framework give information about our work, structure and the objectives of the Department.

Latest news & events

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Australian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2012-2018

Australian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security launched on International Women's Day.

Number 39: Community attitudes to people with disability: scoping project

Occasional Paper no. 39, Community attitudes to people with disability: scoping project, has been released

FaHCSIA website launches ReadSpeaker

The FaHCSIA website is easier to read from today following the launch of a text-to-speech service called ReadSpeaker.

Occasional Paper no. 38

Occasional Paper no. 38, Financial and non-financial support to formal and informal out-of-home carers, has been released.


Information is available on our Ministers and Portfolios, and our Media Releases and News & Events provide information on current activities.

The overviews of our Programs & Services, Benefits & Payments we are involved in delivering, Policies & Legislation relevant to us, Publications & Articles, and Doing Business with FaHCSIA provide more information on the Department.  We also list Related Agencies & Sites that may be of use to you.

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