Looking to the Future of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP): Assessment of the Consolidation of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) and the DIBP (2016-2017)

Abstract

On 7 May 2014, the government announced the integration of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service(ACBPS) and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) into a single government department, including the formation of the Australian Border Force (ABF) by 1 July 2015.1The 2013 Commission of Audit recommended the merger of Customs and Immigration into a single organization. Previously, in a December 2008 National Security Statement, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that the Australian government would be augmenting, re-tasking, and renaming the Australian Customs Service to create the new ACBPS. The primary goal was to gain operational effectiveness in customs and immigration while better coordinating overall national security arrangements. A year after the integration began, DIBP leadership sought an independent analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of the integrated department. In fulfilment of this requirement, RAND Australia conducted an evaluation of the newly integrated DIBP, which was completed in 2016. The DIBP has requested a second evaluation of the DIBP considering the changes that have occurred since the publication of the previous study. This initial analysis required RAND to take a deeper and longer view of the two organizations as they existed, understand how the combined organization could incorporate into a single entity, and assess the degree to which the new organization could mitigate weaknesses and reinforce strengths. This follow-on effort has two primary thrusts. The first is to update the previous analysis from 2016 with the data and experiences gained in 20162017. The second is to identify lessons learned that could be useful in continuing the reform of the DIBP and to inform the upcoming transition to an Australian Department of Home Affairs (HA).

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1086177

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  • Daniel M. Gerstein
  • Dulani Woods
  • Julie Newell
  • Karen Edwards

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