Following this, an upheaval in the organisation of ministerial responsibilities saw Indigenous Affairs allocated to the department with a new cabinet minister, Mal Brough, to oversee.

[2] One such organisation to critique the department during this time was a review conducted by Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), which stated, “the housing needs of Indigenous Australians in remote areas have not been well served and the interests and expectations of taxpayers have not been met.” (Sanders, p. 5, 2015).

Another perspective on the CHIP project which aligns with PwC's criticisms is Minister Brough's view on its ineffectiveness and clear failure to meet the needs of Indigenous housing and helping the relevant stakeholders involved.

Minister Brough has stated, that CHIP, previously managed by ATSIC, “has clearly failure to deliver and needs urgent reform… while billions of dollars have been invested in Indigenous housing, there is little to show for it."

[5] The PwC 2007 report also recorded Minister Brough’s perspective, “We’ve been chasing our tail and not seeing any significant progress in overcoming the Indigenous housing problem in remote Australia particularly.

This meant expanding public housing and aiding home ownership, particularly focusing on remote areas on community title land.

These incentives tied housing funding commitments to land tenure change and focused on Indigenous-concentrated areas, which led to a degree of controversy.

Other packages, like the Tiwi Islands near Darwin and Noel Pearson's home community in Cape York expanded extensively to include education, sport, welfare reform beyond housing and land ownership.

[10] The purpose of the review, despite being not directly linked to the department's main scope and jurisdiction, was to provide up to date information to families about the evidence for efficacy of interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from birth up to the age of 7 years.

Deputy Secretary, Stephen Hunter, oversaw housing and disability, communities, corporate support and, business and financial services.

Deputy Secretary, Bernie Yates, oversaw program operations, Information Management and Technology, performance, policy, land and resources and leadership development.

These agreements include: FaCSIA also works with government agencies, such as Centrelink, to help with the recovery of Australians, families and communities in the event of national emergencies and international disasters.

FaCSIA has also been focused on reducing administrative red tape in its operational activities and business processes in order to maximise efficiency and outcomes.