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The Minister for Home Affairs is the minister in the Australian government responsible for the Department of Home Affairs, the country's interior ministry. The current minister is Tony Burke of the Labor Party, who has held the position since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry.
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Department of Home Affairs | |
Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
Inaugural holder | William Lyne |
Formation | 1 January 1901 |
Website | minister |
The current Department of Home Affairs was created in December 2017. The first department with that name was created in 1901, as one of the original six departments created at Federation, and was responsible for a wide range of areas not captured by the other departments. Similar departments have existed in almost all subsequent governments, under several different names. The specific title "Minister for Home Affairs" has been created six times – in 1901, 1929, 1977, 1987, 2007 and 2017.
The 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 Minister for the Interior existed from 1932 to 1972. The Territories of Australia portfolio has been the responsibility for the varying titles of the Minister for Territories.
The Home Affairs Ministry was re-established in 2007, assuming the responsibilities of the Minister for Justice and Customs within the Attorney-General's Department with policy responsibilities for criminal justice, law enforcement, border control and national security and with oversight responsibilities of the Australian Customs Service and the Border Protection Command, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Crime Commission, and the Office of Film and Literature Classification.[1]
From September 2010 to September 2013, the Minister for Home Affairs also held the position of Minister for Justice. In September 2013 with the change of government, the position Minister for Home Affairs was disbanded and its responsibilities were assumed by the newly created Minister for Immigration and Border Protection for border control and by the Minister for Justice for law enforcement.
On 18 July 2017, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the creation of a new home affairs department to be headed by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, with responsibility for immigration, border control, domestic security, and law enforcement.[2][3][4][5][6]
On 20 December 2017, Governor-General Peter Cosgrove swore Dutton into the position of Minister for Home Affairs. The Home Affairs portfolio was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 20 December 2017[7] with responsibilities for national security including cybersecurity and counterterrorism, law enforcement, emergency management, transport security, immigration, citizenship, border control, and multicultural affairs.
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Home Affairs, or any of its related titles:[8]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Sir William Lyne, KCMG | Protectionist | Barton | Minister for Home Affairs | 1 January 1901 | 11 August 1903 | 2 years, 222 days | |
2 | Sir John Forrest, KCMG | 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, KC | 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 | Liberal | 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 | 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 | ||
(10) | 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, KC | Nationalist | 17 February 1917 | 3 February 1920 | 2 years, 351 days | |||
15 | Alexander Poynton, OBE | 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 | Sir William Glasgow, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD | 18 June 1926 | 2 April 1927 | 288 days | ||||
18 | Charles Marr, DSO, MC | 2 April 1927 | 24 February 1928 | 328 days | ||||
19 | Sir Neville Howse, VC, KCB, KCMG | 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 | Sir Archdale Parkhill, KCMG | United Australia | Lyons | 6 January 1932 | 12 April 1932 | 97 days | ||
23 | Robert Ellicott, QC | 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 | ||||||
32 | Peter Dutton | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Home Affairs | 20 December 2017 | 24 August 2018 | 3 years, 100 days | |
Morrison | 24 August 2018 | 30 March 2021 | ||||||
33 | Karen Andrews1 | 30 March 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 54 days | ||||
Scott Morrison1 [9] | 6 May 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 17 days | |||||
* | Jim Chalmers (Interim) | Labor | Albanese | 23 May 2022 | 1 June 2022 | 9 days | ||
34 | Clare O'Neil | 1 June 2022 | 29 July 2024 | 2 years, 58 days | ||||
35 | Tony Burke | 29 July 2024 | incumbent | 27 days |
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 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 Affairs, Bob Debus. Between September 2013 and December 2017, it was the responsibility of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection.
The following individuals have held responsibility for customs:[8]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Charles Kingston | Protectionist | Barton | Minister for Trade and Customs | 1 January 1901 | 24 July 1903 | 2 years, 204 days | |
2 | William Lyne | 11 August 1903 | 24 September 1903 | 260 days | ||||
Deakin | 24 September 1903 | 27 April 1904 | ||||||
3 | Andrew Fisher | Labor | Watson | 27 April 1904 | 17 August 1904 | 112 days | ||
4 | Allan McLean | Protectionist | Reid | 17 August 1904 | 5 July 1905 | 322 days | ||
5 | William Lyne | Deakin | 5 July 1905 | 30 July 1907 | 2 years, 25 days | |||
6 | Austin Chapman | 30 July 1907 | 13 November 1908 | 1 year, 106 days | ||||
7 | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | 13 November 1908 | 2 June 1909 | 201 days | ||
8 | Robert Best | Protectionist | Deakin | 2 June 1909 | 29 April 1910 | 331 days | ||
n/a | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | 29 April 1910 | 24 June 1913 | 3 years, 56 days | ||
9 | Littleton Groom | Commonwealth Liberal | Cook | 24 June 1913 | 17 September 1914 | 1 year, 85 days | ||
n/a | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | 17 September 1914 | 27 October 1915 | 1 year, 363 days | ||
Hughes | 27 October 1915 | 14 September 1916 | ||||||
10 | Billy Hughes | 29 September 1916 | 14 November 1916 | 61 days | ||||
11 | William Archibald | National Labor | 14 November 1916 | 17 February 1917 | 95 days | |||
12 | Jens Jensen | Nationalist | 17 February 1917 | 13 December 1918 | 1 year, 299 days | |||
13 | William Watt | 13 December 1918 | 17 January 1919 | 35 days | ||||
14 | Walter Massy-Greene | 17 January 1919 | 21 December 1921 | 2 years, 338 days | ||||
15 | Arthur Rodgers | 21 December 1921 | 5 February 1923 | 1 year, 46 days | ||||
n/a | Austin Chapman | Bruce | 9 February 1923 | 26 May 1924 | 1 year, 107 days | |||
n/a | Littleton Groom | 29 May 1924 | 13 June 1924 | 15 days | ||||
16 | Herbert Pratten | 13 June 1924 | 7 May 1928 | 3 years, 329 days | ||||
17 | Stanley Bruce | 8 May 1928 | 24 November 1928 | 200 days | ||||
18 | Henry Gullett | 24 November 1928 | 22 October 1929 | 332 days | ||||
19 | James Fenton | Labor | Scullin | 22 October 1929 | 4 February 1931 | 1 year, 105 days | ||
20 | Frank Forde | 4 February 1931 | 6 January 1932 | 336 days | ||||
n/a | Henry Gullett | United Australia | Lyons | 6 January 1932 | 14 January 1933 | 1 year, 8 days | ||
21 | Thomas White | 14 January 1933 | 8 November 1938 | 5 years, 298 days | ||||
22 | John Perkins | 8 November 1938 | 7 April 1939 | 169 days | ||||
Page | 7 April 1939 | 26 April 1939 | ||||||
23 | John Lawson | Menzies | 26 April 1939 | 23 February 1940 | 303 days | |||
24 | Robert Menzies | 23 February 1940 | 14 March 1940 | 20 days | ||||
25 | George McLeay | 14 March 1940 | 28 October 1940 | 228 days | ||||
26 | Eric Harrison | 28 October 1940 | 29 August 1941 | 344 days | ||||
Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
27 | Richard Keane | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 6 July 1945 | 4 years, 201 days | ||
Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 26 April 1946 | ||||||
28 | John Dedman | 26 April 1946 | 18 June 1946 | 53 days | ||||
29 | James Fraser | 18 June 1946 | 1 November 1946 | 136 days | ||||
30 | Ben Courtice | 1 November 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 184 days | ||||
31 | Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 11 January 1956 | 6 years, 23 days | ||
32 | Frederick Osborne | Minister for Customs and Excise | 11 January 1956 | 24 October 1956 | 287 days | |||
33 | Denham Henty | 24 October 1956 | 10 June 1964 | 7 years, 230 days | ||||
34 | Ken Anderson | 10 June 1964 | 26 January 1966 | 3 years, 263 days | ||||
Holt | 26 January 1966 | 19 December 1967 | ||||||
McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 28 February 1968 | ||||||
35 | Malcolm Scott | 28 February 1968 | 12 November 1969 | 1 year, 257 days | ||||
36 | Don Chipp | 12 November 1969 | 10 March 1971 | 3 years, 23 days | ||||
McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
37 | Gough Whitlam1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
38 | Lionel Murphy | 19 December 1972 | 10 February 1975 | 2 years, 53 days | ||||
39 | Kep Enderby | 10 February 1975 | 27 March 1975 | 116 days | ||||
Minister for Police and Customs | 27 March 1975 | 6 June 1975 | ||||||
40 | Jim Cavanagh | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | ||||
41 | Ivor Greenwood | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 41 days | ||
42 | John Howard | Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs | 22 December 1975 | 17 July 1977 | 1 year, 207 days | |||
43 | Wal Fife | 17 July 1977 | 8 December 1979 | 2 years, 144 days | ||||
44 | Victor Garland | 8 December 1979 | 3 November 1980 | 331 days | ||||
45 | John Moore | 3 November 1980 | 20 April 1982 | 1 year, 168 days | ||||
46 | Neil Brown | 20 April 1982 | 7 May 1982 | 17 days | ||||
47 | Phillip Lynch | Minister for Industry and Commerce | 7 May 1982 | 11 October 1982 | 157 days | |||
48 | Andrew Peacock | 11 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 151 days | ||||
49 | John Button | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 4 years, 314 days | ||
Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce | 13 December 1984 | 19 January 1988 | ||||||
50 | Barry Jones | Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business | 19 January 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 7 years, 24 days | |||
51 | David Beddall | Minister for Small Business and Customs | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 354 days | |||
Keating | 20 December 1991 | 27 December 1991 | ||||||
Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs | 27 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
52 | Alan Griffiths | Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development | 24 March 1993 | 23 January 1994 | 305 days | |||
53 | Peter Cook | 30 January 1994 | 25 March 1994 | 61 days | ||||
54 | Chris Schacht | Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | 1 year, 352 days | |||
55 | Geoff Prosser | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs | 11 March 1996 | 18 July 1997 | 1 year, 129 days | |
56 | Chris Ellison | Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs | 18 July 1997 | 9 October 1997 | 83 days | |||
57 | Warren Truss | Nationals | 9 October 1997 | 21 October 1998 | 1 year, 12 days | |||
58 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | Minister for Justice and Customs | 21 October 1998 | 30 January 2001 | 2 years, 101 days | ||
59 | Chris Ellison | 30 January 2001 | 9 March 2007 | 6 years, 38 days | ||||
60 | David Johnston | 9 March 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 269 days | ||||
61 | Bob Debus | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Home Affairs | 3 December 2007 | 9 June 2009 | 1 year, 188 days | |
62 | Brendan O'Connor | 9 June 2009 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 188 days | ||||
Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 December 2011 | ||||||
63 | Jason Clare | 14 December 2011 | 27 June 2013 | 1 year, 278 days | ||||
Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
64 | Scott Morrison | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Immigration and Border Protection | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 1 year, 96 days | |
65 | Peter Dutton | 23 December 2014 | 15 September 2015 | 3 years, 241 days | ||||
Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 August 2018 |
Notes
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Home Affairs, or any of its related titles:[8]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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For previous appointments, see the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection | ||||||||
1 | Alex Hawke | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Home Affairs | 20 December 2017 | 28 August 2018 | 251 days | |
2 | Linda Reynolds CSC | Morrison | 28 August 2018 | 2 March 2019 | 186 days |
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs, or any of its related titles:[8]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Jason Wood | Liberal | Morrison | Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs | 29 May 2019 | 22 May 2022 | 5 years, 88 days |