Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)

Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects
Incumbent
Paul Fletcher
since 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder Charles Marr
(as Minister in charge of Territories)
Formation 6 January 1932 (1932-01-06)
Minister for Northern Australia
Incumbent
Matthew Canavan
since 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder Kep Enderby
(as Minister for the Northern Territory)
Formation 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)

The Australian Minister for Home Affairs was a ministerial portfolio that existed continuously from 1901 to 12 April 1932, when Archdale Parkhill became Minister for the Interior in the first Lyons Ministry—subsuming his portfolios of Home Affairs and Transport. The Home Affairs or Interior portfolio was responsible for various internal matters, not handled by other ministries. In due course other portfolios were established that took over functions from it, including:

The establishment of such portfolios left the Minister for the Interior mainly responsible for administering the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, including, until 1967, the Australian Aboriginals residing there.[1] On 19 December 1972 the interior portfolio was replaced in the Whitlam Ministry by the Minister for the Capital Territory and the Minister for the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory portfolio was abolished on 28 September 1978, following the granting of self-government to the Northern Territory. From July 1987, administration of the Australian Capital Territory was subsumed in the portfolio of Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories, anticipating ACT self-government on 11 May 1989.

It was re-established in 2007 bringing together agencies such as the Australian Customs Service (including the Border Protection Command), the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, which were previously the responsibility of the Minister for Justice and Customs and the Attorney-General. The Minister for Home Affairs also has an influence on the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification.[2] The border responsibilities moved to the newly created Minister for Immigration and Border Protection in 2013, the others returning to the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice. As of 2016 the only ministers that are appointed broadly within the former Home Affairs tribunal relate to the Territories area.

The Minister for Major Projects, Territories, and Local Government is the Hon. Paul Fletcher MP, since 21 September 2015.

The Minister for Northern Australia is Senator the Hon. Matthew Canavan, since 18 February 2016.

List of Ministers for Home Affairs

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Home Affairs, or any of its precursor titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 William Lyne   Protectionist Barton Minister for Home Affairs 1 January 1901 11 August 1903 2 years, 222 days
2 John Forrest 11 August 1903 24 September 1903 260 days
Deakin 24 September 1903 27 April 1904
3 Lee Batchelor   Labor Watson 27 April 1904 17 August 1904 112 days
4 Dugald Thomson   Free Trade Reid 17 August 1904 5 July 1905 322 days
5 Littleton Groom   Protectionist Deakin 5 July 1905 12 October 1906 1 year, 99 days
6 Thomas Ewing 12 October 1906 24 January 1907 104 days
7 John Keating 24 January 1907 13 November 1908 1 year, 294 days
8 Hugh Mahon   Labor Fisher 13 November 1908 2 June 1909 201 days
9 George Fuller   Free Trade Deakin 2 June 1909 29 April 1910 331 days
10 King O'Malley   Labor Fisher 29 April 1910 24 June 1913 3 years, 56 days
11 Joseph Cook   Commonwealth Liberal Cook 24 June 1913 17 September 1914 1 year, 85 days
12 William Archibald   Labor Fisher 17 September 1914 27 October 1915 1 year, 40 days
n/a King O'Malley Hughes 27 October 1915 14 November 1916 1 year, 18 days
13 Fred Bamford   National Labor Minister for Home and Territories 14 November 1916 17 February 1917 95 days
14 Paddy Glynn   Nationalist 17 February 1917 3 February 1920 2 years, 351 days
15 Alexander Poynton 3 February 1920 21 December 1921 1 year, 321 days
16 George Pearce 21 December 1921 9 February 1923 4 years, 179 days
Bruce 9 February 1923 18 June 1926
17 William Glasgow 18 June 1926 2 April 1927 288 days
18 Charles Marr 2 April 1927 24 February 1928 328 days
19 Neville Howse 24 February 1928 29 November 1928 279 days
20 Aubrey Abbott   Country 29 November 1928 22 October 1929 327 days
21 Arthur Blakeley   Labor Scullin Minister for Home Affairs 22 October 1929 6 January 1932 2 years, 76 days
22 Archdale Parkhill   United Australia Lyons 6 January 1932 7 November 1938 6 years, 305 days
23 Robert Ellicott   Liberal Fraser Minister for Home Affairs 20 December 1977 3 November 1980 3 years, 59 days
Minister for Home Affairs and Environment 3 November 1980 17 February 1981
24 Michael MacKellar 17 February 1981 19 March 1981 30 days
25 Ian Wilson 19 March 1981 7 May 1982 1 year, 49 days
26 Tom McVeigh   National Country 7 May 1982 16 October 1982 308 days
National 16 October 1982 11 March 1983
27 Barry Cohen   Labor Hawke 11 March 1983 13 December 1984 1 year, 277 days
28 Robert Ray   Labor Hawke Minister for Home Affairs 24 July 1987 2 September 1988 1 year, 40 days
29 Bob Debus   Labor Rudd Minister for Home Affairs 3 December 2007 9 June 2009 1 year, 188 days
30 Brendan O'Connor 9 June 2009 24 June 2010 2 years, 188 days
Gillard 24 June 2010 14 December 2011
31 Jason Clare 14 December 2011 27 June 2013 1 year, 278 days
Rudd 27 June 2013 18 September 2013

List of Ministers for the Interior

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Interior:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Archdale Parkhill   United Australia Lyons Minister for the Interior 12 April 1932 13 October 1932 184 days
2 John Perkins 13 October 1932 12 October 1934 1 year, 364 days
3 Eric Harrison 12 October 1934 9 November 1934 28 days
4 Thomas Paterson   Country 9 November 1934 29 November 1937 3 years, 20 days
5 John McEwen 29 November 1937 7 April 1939 1 year, 148 days
Page 7 April 1939 26 April 1939
6 Harry Foll   United Australia Menzies 26 April 1939 29 August 1941 2 years, 164 days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
7 Joe Collings   Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 6 July 1945 3 years, 279 days
Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
8 Herbert Johnson Chifley 13 July 1945 19 December 1949 4 years, 159 days
9 Philip McBride   Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 24 October 1950 309 days
n/a Eric Harrison 24 October 1950 11 May 1951 199 days
10 Wilfrid Kent Hughes 11 May 1951 11 January 1956 4 years, 245 days
11 Allen Fairhall 11 January 1956 10 December 1958 2 years, 333 days
12 Gordon Freeth 10 December 1958 18 December 1963 5 years, 8 days
13 John Gorton 18 December 1963 4 March 1964 77 days
14 Doug Anthony   Country 4 March 1964 26 January 1966 3 years, 226 days
Holt 26 January 1966 16 October 1967
15 Peter Nixon 16 October 1967 19 December 1967 3 years, 112 days
McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 5 February 1971
16 Ralph Hunt 5 February 1971 10 March 1971 1 year, 304 days
McMahon 10 March 1971 5 December 1972
17 Lance Barnard   Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 19 December 1972 14 days

List of ministers with responsibilities for Australian territories

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Local Government and Territories, or any precedent titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Charles Marr   United Australia Lyons Minister in charge of Territories 6 January 1932 24 May 1934 2 years, 138 days
2 Harry Lawson 24 May 1934 12 October 1934 141 days
3 George Pearce 12 October 1934 29 November 1937 3 years, 48 days
4 Billy Hughes 29 November 1937 7 November 1938 343 days
5 John Perkins Minister without portfolio administering External Territories 7 November 1938 8 November 1938 1 day
6 Eric Harrison 8 November 1938 7 April 1939 169 days
Page 7 April 1939 26 April 1939
n/a John Perkins Menzies 26 April 1939 14 March 1940 323 days
7 Horace Nock   Country Minister without portfolio in charge of External Territories 14 March 1940 28 October 1940 228 days
8 Thomas Collins Minister without portfolio assisting the Prime Minister dealing with External Territories 28 October 1940 26 June 1941 241 days
9 Allan MacDonald   United Australia Minister for External Territories 26 June 1941 29 August 1941 103 days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
10 James Fraser   Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 21 September 1943 1 year, 349 days
11 Eddie Ward 21 September 1943 6 July 1945 6 years, 89 days
Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
Chifley 13 July 1945 19 December 1949
12 Percy Spender   Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 26 April 1951 1 year, 128 days
13 Richard Casey 27 April 1951 11 May 1951 15 days
14 Paul Hasluck Minister for Territories 11 May 1951 18 December 1963 12 years, 221 days
15 Charles Barnes   Country 18 December 1963 26 January 1966 8 years, 38 days
Holt 26 January 1966 19 December 1967
McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 28 February 1968
Minister for External Territories 28 February 1968 10 March 1971
McMahon 10 March 1971 25 January 1972
16 Andrew Peacock   Liberal 25 January 1972 5 December 1972 315 days
17 Gough Whitlam1   Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 19 December 1972 14 days
18 Bill Morrison 19 December 1972 30 November 1973 346 days
19 Tom Uren   Labor Hawke Minister for Territories and Local Government 11 March 1983 13 December 1984 1 year, 277 days
20 Gordon Scholes Minister for Territories 13 December 1984 24 July 1987 2 years, 223 days
21 John Brown Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories 24 July 1987 18 December 1987 147 days
22 Gary Punch Minister for the Arts and Territories 19 January 1988 2 September 1988 227 days
22 Clyde Holding 2 September 1988 22 May 1989 1 year, 214 days
Minister for the Arts, Tourism and Territories 22 May 1989 4 April 1990
23 David Simmons 4 April 1990 20 December 1991 1 year, 267 days
Keating 20 December 1991 27 December 1991
24 Wendy Fatin Minister for the Arts and Territories 27 December 1991 24 March 1993 1 year, 87 days
25 Ros Kelly Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories 24 March 1993 1 March 1994 342 days
26 Graham Richardson 1 March 1994 25 March 1994 24 days
27 John Faulkner 25 March 1994 11 March 1996 1 year, 352 days
28 Warwick Smith   Liberal Howard Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government 11 March 1996 9 October 1997 1 year, 212 days
29 Alex Somlyay Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government 9 October 1997 21 October 1998 1 year, 12 days
30 Ian Macdonald Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government 21 October 1998 26 November 2001 3 years, 36 days
31 Wilson Tuckey 25 January 2002 7 October 2003 1 year, 255 days
n/a Ian Macdonald Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads 7 October 2003 18 July 2004 285 days
32 Jim Lloyd 18 July 2004 3 December 2007 3 years, 138 days
33 Paul Fletcher   Liberal Turnbull Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects 21 September 2015 19 July 2016 302 days
34 Fiona Nash   Nationals Minister for Local Government and Territories 19 July 2016 Incumbent 150 days

Notes

1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.

List of Ministers for the Capital Territory

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Capital Territory:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Kep Enderby   Labor Whitlam Minister for the Capital Territory 19 December 1972 9 October 1973 294 days
2 Gordon Bryant 9 October 1973 11 November 1975 2 years, 33 days
3 Reg Withers   Liberal Fraser 11 November 1975 22 December 1975 41 days
4 Eric Robinson 22 December 1975 16 February 1976 56 days
5 Tony Staley 16 February 1976 20 December 1977 1 year, 307 days
6 Robert Ellicott 20 December 1977 3 November 1980 2 years, 319 days
7 Michael Hodgman 3 November 1980 11 March 1983 2 years, 128 days

List of ministers with responsibility for northern Australia

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Northern Australia, or any of its precedent titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Kep Enderby   Labor Whitlam Minister for the Northern Territory1 19 December 1972 19 October 1973 304 days
2 Rex Patterson1 19 October 1973 6 June 1975 2 years, 2 days
Minister for Northern Australia 6 June 1975 21 October 1975
3 Paul Keating 21 October 1975 11 November 1975 21 days
4 Ian Sinclair   National Country Fraser 11 November 1975 22 December 1975 41 days
5 Evan Adermann Minister for the Northern Territory 22 December 1975 28 September 1978 2 years, 280 days
6 Bob Collins   Labor Hawke Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Northern Australia 4 April 1990 20 December 1991 2 years, 53 days
Keating 20 December 1991 27 May 1992
7 Ben Humphreys 27 May 1992 24 March 1993 301 days
8 Josh Frydenberg Liberal Turnbull Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia 21 September 2015 18 February 2016 150 days
9 Matthew Canavan Liberal National Minister for Northern Australia 18 February 2016 19 July 2016 152 days
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia 19 July 2016 Incumbent 150 days

Notes

1 In 1972, Whitlam appointed both a Minister for the Northern Territory, Kep Enderby, and a Minister for Northern Development, Rex Patterson. From October 1973, Patterson held both titles, with the former title changing to Minister for Northern Australia. In October 1975, Patterson stood aside as Minister for Northern Australia, but remained as Minister for Northern Development until November 1975.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Attwood, B.; Markus, A. (2004). Thinking Black, William Cooper and the Australian Aborigines' League. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-85575-459-1.
  2. ↑ "Debus new Home Affairs Minister". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
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