The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) was a department of the Government of Australia that was responsible for immigration, citizenship and border control (including visa issuance). It has now been subsumed into the Department of Home Affairs, which combines its responsibilities with a number of other portfolios. The final head of department was Secretary Michael Pezzullo, who reported to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, the Hon Peter Dutton and the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, the Hon Alex Hawke MP. History The Department of Immigration and Border Protection was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013 and replaced the majority of the functions previously performed by the former Department of Immigration and Citizenship; with the exception of most settlement and multicultural affairs programs that were assumed by the Department of Human Services. Additionally, the Australian Border Force and associated policy was assumed by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (previously managed under the authority of the Attorney-General's portfolio, a move intended to ensure stronger integration of border protection resources. Following Federation in 1901, immigration to Australia was handled by the Department of External Affairs. In 1916 responsibility shifted to the newly created Department of Home and Territories. Migration was handled from 1928 until 1932 by a recreated Department of Home Affairs and from 1932 until 1945 by the Department of the Interior, except that between January 1925 and January 1928 Victor Wilson and Thomas Paterson were Ministers for Markets and Migration. In July 1945, the Department of Immigration was established as Australia launched a massive immigration program following World War II. The then Minister for Immigration, Arthur Calwell promoted mass immigration with the slogan "populate or perish". Since 1945, the department's names, functions and responsibilities have changed several times. {| class="wikitable" |- !Department name !Abbreviation !Start !End !Reference |- |Department of Immigration |DI |1945 |1974 | |- |Department of Labor and Immigration |DLI |1974 |1975 | |- |Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (I) |DIEA |1975 |1987 | |- |Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs |DILGEA |1987 |1993 | |- |Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (II) |DIEA |1993 |1996 | |- |Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |DIMA |1996 |2001 | |- |Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |DIMIA |2001 |2006 | |- |Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (II) |DIMA |2006