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Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

About FaHCSIA

Key corporate publications

What We Do
Information about the work of FaHCSIA, including who we support and help, who we work in partnership with, and national emergencies.

FaHCSIA's Strategic Framework
Information on FaHCSIA's purpose, core values, outcomes and leadership model.

Organisation Chart
Information about the structure of the Department.

Annual Reports
FaHCSIA Annual Reports.

Budget and Additional Estimates Reports
FaHCSIA Budget information.

Sustainability Reports
Assessment of FaHCSIA's performance against social, environmental and economic indicators.

FaHCSIA Service Charter
Our Service Charter explains our service commitments and standards. It also tells you how to provide us with feedback on the way we deliver our programmes and services.

Environmental Policy
Outlines FaHCSIA' environmental management commitments and actions.

Business Partnership Agreement between FaHCSIA and Centrelink
The key objective of the agreement is to support the achievement of the Australian Government's social policy outcomes through the successful delivery of services provided by Centrelink on behalf of the FaHCSIA.

Legislation
Legislation relevant to the family and community services portfolio.

Departmental File Listing
A detailed listing of FaHCSIA files.

Departmental Contracts Listing
A listing of contracts FaHCSIA has entered into during the previous twelve months as required under the Senate Order on Government Agency Contracts.

Doing business with FaHCSIA
Information to assist organisations who want to do business with FaHCSIA or maintain their funding relationship with FaHCSIA.

Certified Agreement
FaHCSIA Certified Agreement 2005-2008 with information regarding pay and conditions.

FaHCSIA's commitment to Workplace Diversity
FaHCSIA recognises that our people - with their diverse abilities, skills, languages, cultures and backgrounds - are our greatest resource.

FaHCSIA Mature Workers' Strategy - Our commitment to mature workers
FaHCSIA was the first Australian Government agency to develop a comprehensive plan for comprehensive plan for encouraging and supporting our people to continue working with us beyond the age at which they would normally retire.

FaHCSIA Disability Action Plan 2006-09
The FaHCSIA Disability Action Plan (DAP) sets out what actions FaHCSIA will take as a policy advisor, regulator, purchaser, provider and employer to improve access and opportunities for people with disabilities. The DAP aims to make considering access needs of people with a disability part of how we do all our business.

Reasonable Adjustment Policy
FaHCSIA is committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.

Policy for the Recruitment and Retention of People with Disability
This policy provides a framework for increasing the recruitment and retention of people with disability within FaHCSIA.

Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Strategy
Outlines FaHCSIA's commitment to Indigenous staff.

FaHCSIA ICT Strategic Plan 2004-07
The plan describes a vision for FaHCSIA to ensure that we have the technology we need to deliver on our business priorities and our strategic outcomes.

Risk Management Policy and Guidelines
FaHCSIA sees risk management as integral to achieving key outcomes as it supports informed decision making and encourages the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement.