Department of Home Affairs/ Australian Border Force (NNF2017/003)

The following has been provided by the ABF for members' information.

"The Department of Home Affairs, and the wider Portfolio, was officially stood up on 20 December 2017. References to functions under previous departments are being progressively updated in the first half of 2018.

Further information on the Department can be found at https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/

Following the establishment of the Department of Home Affairs, staff and Command email addresses have been updated to [email protected]

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The Australian Border Force (ABF) forms an integral part of the new Home Affairs Portfolio, reflecting its role as Australia’s frontline border law enforcement agency. The Australian Border Force is responsible for operational border, investigations, compliance, detention (facilities and centres) and enforcement functions, and continues to be Australia's customs service. Staff and Command email addresses have been updated to [email protected]

For an overview, refer to the organisational structure for the Department of Home Affairs (http://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/CorporateInformation/Documents/home-affairs-org-structure.pdf)

Australian Border Force (http://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/CorporateInformation/Documents/abf-org-structure.pdf).

Please inform your technical areas of the change to ensure that any IT security measures (whitelisting, email filtering, email rules, trusted sites) currently in place, are updated to account for the new departmental email addresses.
Emails sent to @border.gov.au will be re-directed."
 
 
Megan White
Regional Manager NSW / QLD / NT