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The Australian Minister for Home Affairs has been the Hon Brendan O'Connor MP since 6 June 2009. The Home Affairs portfolio brings 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]

[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	2007–2009
Brendan O'Connor	Australian Labor Party	2009-

[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
Gough Whitlam	Australian Labor 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	2007–2009	Minister for Home Affairs
Brendan O'Connor	Australian Labor Party	2009-	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 Affairs, 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
Gough Whitlam	Australian Labor Party	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	2007–2009	Minister for Home Affairs
Brendan O'Connor	Australian Labor Party	2009-	Minister for Home Affairs

[edit] References

^ "Debus new Home Affairs Minister". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 November 2007. http://202.6.74.101/news/stories/2007/11/30/2106208.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.

[0] "Debus new Home Affairs Minister". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 November 2007. http://202.6.74.101/news/stories/2007/11/30/2106208.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.

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