Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)
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The Australian Minister for Home Affairs has been the Hon Bob Debus MP since 3 December 2007. The Home Affairs portfolio will reportedly bring 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.[1]
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[edit] Australian Ministers for Home Affairs
There were Ministers for Home Affairs 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:
- Transport from 1928 to 1932 and continuously since 1941
- Immigration since 1945
- Agriculture or Primary Industry since 1942
- Industry from 1928 to 1945 and since 1963
The establishment of such portfolios left the Minister for the Interior mainly responsible for administering the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. On 19 December 1972 the interior porfolio was replaced in the Whitlam Ministry by the Minister for the Capital Territory and the Minister for the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory porfolio 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.
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Lyne | Protectionist Party | 1901–1903 | Minister for Home Affairs |
| John Forrest | Protectionist Party | 1903–1904 | |
| Lee Batchelor | Australian Labor Party | 1904 | |
| Dugald Thomson | Free Trade Party | 1904–1905 | |
| Littleton Groom | Protectionist Party | 1905–1906 | |
| Thomas Ewing | Protectionist Party | 1906–1907 | |
| John Keating | Protectionist Party | 1907–1908 | |
| Hugh Mahon | Australian Labor Party | 1908–1909 | |
| George Fuller | Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1909–1910 | |
| King O'Malley | Australian Labor Party | 1910–1913 | |
| Joseph Cook | Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1913–1914 | |
| William Archibald | Australian Labor Party | 1914–1915 | |
| King O'Malley | Australian Labor Party | 1915–1916 | |
| Fred Bamford | National Labor Party | 1916–1917 | Minister for Home and Territories |
| Patrick Glynn | Nationalist Party | 1917–1920 | |
| Alexander Poynton | Nationalist Party | 1920–1921 | |
| George Pearce | Nationalist Party | 1921–1926 | |
| Thomas William Glasgow | Nationalist Party | 1926–1927 | |
| Charles Marr | Nationalist Party | 1927–1928 | |
| Neville Howse | Nationalist Party | 1928 | |
| Aubrey Abbott | Country Party | 1928–1929 | |
| Arthur Blakeley | Australian Labor Party | 1929–1932 | Minister for Home Affairs |
| Archdale Parkhill | United Australia Party | 1932 | |
| Robert Ellicott | Liberal Party | 1977–1980 | |
| Robert Ellicott | Liberal Party | 1980–1981 | Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment |
| Michael MacKellar | Liberal Party | 1981 | |
| Ian Wilson | Liberal Party | 1981–1982 | |
| Tom McVeigh | Liberal Party | 1982–1983 | |
| Barry Cohen | Australian Labor Party | 1983–1984 | |
| Robert Ray | Australian Labor Party | 1987–1988 | Minister for Home Affairs |
| Bob Debus | Australian Labor Party | 2007– |
[edit] Australian Ministers for the Interior
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archdale Parkhill | United Australia Party | 1932 | Minister for the Interior |
| John Perkins | United Australia Party | 1932-1934 | |
| Eric Harrison | United Australia Party | 1934 | |
| Thomas Paterson | Country Party | 1934–1937 | |
| John McEwen | Country Party | 1937–1939 | |
| Harry Foll | United Australia Party | 1939–1941 | |
| Joseph Collings | Labor Party | 1941–1945 | |
| Herbert Johnson | Labor Party | 1945–1949 | |
| Philip McBride | Liberal Party | 1949–1950 | |
| Eric Harrison | Liberal Party | 1950–1951 | |
| Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Liberal Party | 1951–1956 | |
| Allen Fairhall | Liberal Party | 1956–1958 | |
| Gordon Freeth | Liberal Party | 1958–1963 | |
| John Gorton | Liberal Party | 1963–1964 | |
| Doug Anthony | Country Party | 1964–1967 | |
| Peter Nixon | Country Party | 1967–1971 | |
| Ralph Hunt | Country Party | 1971–1972 | |
| Lance Barnard | Labor Party | 1972 |
[edit] Australian Ministers for Territories
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Marr | United Australia Party | 1932 | Minister in charge of Territories |
| Harry Lawson | United Australia Party | 1932–1934 | |
| George Pearce | United Australia Party | 1934–1937 | |
| Billy Hughes | United Australia Party | 1937–1938 | |
| John Perkins | United Australia Party | 1938–1938 | |
| Eric Harrison | United Australia Party | 1938–1939 | Minister without portfolio administering External Territories |
| John Perkins | United Australia Party | 1939–1940 | |
| Horace Nock | United Australia Party | 1940 | Minister without portfolio in charge of External Territories |
| Allan MacDonald | United Australia Party | 1941 | Minister for External Territories |
| James Fraser | Australian Labor Party | 1941–1943 | |
| Eddie Ward | Australian Labor Party | 1943–1949 | |
| Percy Spender | Liberal Party | 1949–1951 | |
| Richard Casey | Liberal Party | 1951 | |
| Paul Hasluck | Liberal Party | 1951–1963 | Minister for Territories |
| Charles Barnes | Country Party | 1963–1968 | |
| Charles Barnes | Country Party | 1968–1972 | Minister for External Territories |
| Andrew Peacock | Liberal Party | 1972 | |
| Bill Morrison | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1973 | |
| Tom Uren | Australian Labor Party | 1983–1984 | Minister for Territories and Local Government |
| Gordon Scholes | Australian Labor Party | 1984–1987 | Minister for Territories |
| John Brown | Australian Labor Party | 1987–1988 | Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories |
| Gary Punch | Australian Labor Party | 1988 | Minister for the Arts and Territories |
| Clyde Holding | Australian Labor Party | 1988–1989 | |
| Clyde Holding | Australian Labor Party | 1989–1990 | Minister for the Arts, Tourism and Territories |
| David Simmons | Australian Labor Party | 1990–1991 | |
| Wendy Fatin | Australian Labor Party | 1991–1993 | Minister for the Arts and Territories |
| Ros Kelly | Australian Labor Party | 1993–1994 | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories |
| Graham Richardson | Australian Labor Party | 1994 | |
| John Faulkner | Australian Labor Party | 1994–1996 | |
| Warwick Smith | Liberal Party | 1996–1997 | Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government |
| Alex Somlyay | Liberal Party | 1997–1998 | Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government |
| Ian Macdonald | Liberal Party | 1998–2001 | Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government |
| Wilson Tuckey | Liberal Party | 2001–2003 | |
| Jim Lloyd | Liberal Party | 2003–2007 | Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads |
| Bob Debus | Australian Labor Party | 2007– | Minister for Home Affairs |
[edit] Australian Ministers for the Capital Territory
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kep Enderby | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1973 | Minister for the Capital Territory |
| Gordon Bryant | Australian Labor Party | 1973–1975 | |
| Reg Withers | Liberal Party | 1975 | |
| Eric Robinson | Liberal Party | 1975–1976 | |
| Tony Staley | Liberal Party | 1976–1977 | |
| Robert Ellicott | Liberal Party | 1977–1980 | |
| Michael Hodgman | Liberal Party | 1980–1983 |
[edit] Australian Ministers for the Northern Territory
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kep Enderby | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1973 | Minister for the Northern Territory |
| Rex Patterson | Australian Labor Party | 1973–1975 | |
| Rex Patterson | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | Minister for Northern Australia |
| Paul Keating | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | |
| Ian Sinclair | National Party | 1975 | |
| Evan Adermann | Liberal Party | 1975–1978 | Minister for the Northern Territory |
| Bob Collins | Australian Labor Party | 1990–1992 | Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Northern Australia |
| Ben Humphreys | Australian Labor Party | 1992–1993 |
[edit] Customs ministers
From 1901 to 1956 Customs was handled by the Minister for Trade and Customs. In 1956 Frederick Osborne was appointed Minister for Customs and Excise. Kep Enderby was appointed Minister for Police and Customs in 1975. In 1975 responsibility for customs was absorbed into the portfolio of the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs, John Howard. In May 1982, the portfolio of the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs was abolished and customs functions were transferred to the Minister for Industry and Commerce, Phillip Lynch. In January 1988, Barry Jones (Australian politician) became responsible for customs as Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business within John Button's portfolio of Industry and Commerce and there were subsequently junior ministers responsible for customs within the industry portfolio until March 1993 and from March 1994 until December 2007, when customs became part of the responsibility of the Minister for Home Affair, Bob Debus.
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kingston | Protectionist Party | 1901–1903 | Minister for Trade and Customs |
| William Lyne | Protectionist Party | 1903–1904 | |
| Andrew Fisher | Australian Labor Party | 1904 | |
| Allan McLean | Free Trade Party | 1904–1905 | |
| William Lyne | Protectionist Party | 1905–1907 | |
| Austin Chapman | Protectionist Party | 1907–1908 | |
| Frank Tudor | Australian Labor Party | 1908–1909 | |
| Robert Best | Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1909–1910 | |
| Frank Tudor | Australian Labor Party | 1910–1913 | |
| Littleton Groom | Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1913–1914 | |
| Frank Tudor | Australian Labor Party | 1914–1916 | |
| Billy Hughes | Australian Labor Party | 1916–1916 | |
| William Archibald | National Labor Party | 1916–1917 | |
| Jens Jensen | Nationalist Party | 1917–1918 | |
| William Watt | Nationalist Party | 1918–1921 | |
| Walter Massy-Greene | Nationalist Party | 1921 | |
| Arthur Rodgers | Nationalist Party | 1921–1923 | |
| Austin Chapman | Nationalist Party | 1923–1924 | |
| Littleton Groom | Nationalist Party | 1924 | |
| Herbert Pratten | Nationalist Party | 1924–1928 | |
| Stanley Bruce | Nationalist Party | 1928 | |
| Henry Gullett | Nationalist Party | 1928–1929 | |
| James Fenton | Australian Labor Party | 1929–1931 | |
| Frank Forde | Australian Labor Party | 1931–1932 | |
| Henry Gullett | Nationalist Party | 1932–1933 | |
| Thomas White | Nationalist Party | 1932–1938 | |
| John Perkins | Nationalist Party | 1938–1939 | |
| John Lawson | Nationalist Party | 1939–1940 | |
| Robert Menzies | Nationalist Party | 1940 | |
| George McLeay | Nationalist Party | 1940 | |
| Eric Harrison | Nationalist Party | 1940–1941 | |
| Richard Keane | Australian Labor Party | 1941–1946 | |
| James Fraser | Australian Labor Party | 1946 | |
| Benjamin Courtice | Australian Labor Party | 1946–1949 | |
| Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal Party | 1949–1956 | |
| Frederick Osborne | Liberal Party | 1956 | Minister for Customs and Excise |
| Denham Henty | Liberal Party | 1956–1964 | |
| Kenneth Anderson | Country Party | 1964–1968 | |
| Malcolm Scott | Liberal Party | 1968–1969 | |
| Don Chipp | Liberal Party | 1968–1972 | |
| Lionel Murphy | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1975 | |
| Kep Enderby | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | |
| Kep Enderby | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | Minister for Police and Customs |
| James Cavanagh | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | |
| Ivor Greenwood | Liberal Party | 1975 | |
| John Howard | Liberal Party | 1975–1977 | Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs |
| Wal Fife | Liberal Party | 1977–1979 | |
| Victor Garland | Liberal Party | 1979–1980 | |
| John Moore | Liberal Party | 1980–1982 | |
| Neil Brown | Liberal Party | 1982 | |
| Phillip Lynch | Liberal Party | 1982 | Minister for Industry and Commerce |
| Andrew Peacock | Liberal Party | 1982–1983 | |
| John Button | Australian Labor Party | 1983–1984 | |
| John Button | Australian Labor Party | 1984–1988 | Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce |
| Barry Jones | Australian Labor Party | 1988–1990 | Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business |
| David Beddall | Australian Labor Party | 1990 | Minister for Small Business and Customs |
| David Beddall | Australian Labor Party | 1990–1993 | Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs |
| Alan Griffiths | Australian Labor Party | 1993–1994 | Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development |
| Peter Cook | Australian Labor Party | 1994 | |
| Chris Schacht | Australian Labor Party | 1994–1996 | Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction |
| Geoff Prosser | Liberal Party | 1996–1997 | Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs |
| Chris Ellison | Liberal Party | 1997 | Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs |
| Warren Truss | National Party | 1997–1998 | |
| Amanda Vanstone | Liberal Party | 1998–2001 | Minister for Justice and Customs |
| Chris Ellison | Liberal Party | 2001–2007 | |
| David Johnston | Liberal Party | 2007 | |
| Bob Debus | Australian Labor Party | 2007– | Minister for Home Affairs |
[edit] References
- ^ "Debus new Home Affairs Minister", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 30 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
