Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)

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Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)

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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n Minister for Home Affairs has been the Hon Bob Debus MP

Bob Debus

Robert John "Bob" Debus is an Australian Australian Labor Party politician. Before his retirement from the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 2007 state election, he held the portfolios of Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment and Minister for the Arts....
since 3 December 2007. The Home Affairs portfolio will reportedly bring together agencies such as the Australian Customs Service

Australian Customs Service

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service is the Government of Australia agency responsible for managing the security and integrity of the Australian border, facilitating the movement of legitimate international travellers and goods, and collecting border related duties and taxes....
(including the Border Protection Command), the Australian Federal Police

Australian Federal Police

The Australian Federal Police is the federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. Although the AFP was created by the amalgamation in 1979 of three Commonwealth law enforcement agencies, it traces its history from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies dating back to federation in 1901....
and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is the domestic counter-intelligence and security agency of Australia which is responsible for the protection of the country and its citizens from espionage, sabotage, politically-motivated violence, attacks on the Australian defence system, terrorism and acts of foreign interference....
, which were previously the responsibility of the Minister for Justice and Customs and the Attorney-General

Attorney-General of Australia

The Attorney-General of Australia is the first law officer of the Crown, chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia and a minister of the Crown....
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e were Ministers for Home Affairs continuously from 1901 to 12 April 1932, when Archdale Parkhill

Archdale Parkhill

Sir Robert Archdale Parkhill Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian politician. He was born at Paddington, New South Wales in Sydney, New South Wales to Robert Parkhill, a stonemason, and Isabella, n?e Chisholm....
became Minister for the Interior in the first Lyons Ministry

First Lyons Ministry

The First Lyons Ministry was the twenty-first Australian Commonwealth ministries 1901-2004, and ran from 6 January 1932 to 12 October 1934.United Australia Party...
—subsuming his portfolios of Home Affairs and Transport

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Australia)

The Australian Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government is the Hon Anthony Albanese, since 3 December 2007....
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Australian Ministers for Home Affairs

There were Ministers for Home Affairs continuously from 1901 to 12 April 1932, when Archdale Parkhill

Archdale Parkhill

First Lyons Ministry

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Australia)

The Australian Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government is the Hon Anthony Albanese, since 3 December 2007....
. 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
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Australia)

In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Immigration is responsible for overseeing the Department of Immigration and Citizenship .The portfolio and department came into being in July 1945, during the last months of World War II....
since 1945
Agriculture or Primary Industry
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)

The current Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is the Hon Tony Burke....
since 1942
Industry
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Australia)

The current Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research is Kim Carr, appointed on 3 December 2007. He administers his portfolio through the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research ....
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

Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory is the Capital districts and territories of the Australia and its smallest States and territories of Australia....
and the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
. On 19 December 1972 the interior porfolio was replaced in the Whitlam Ministry

Second Whitlam Ministry

The Second Whitlam Ministry was the forty-ninth Australian Commonwealth ministries 1901-2004, and ran from 19 December 1972 to 12 June 1974.Australian Labor Party...
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 William Lyne Sir William John Lyne Order of St Michael and St George , Australian politician, was Premiers of New South Wales and a member of the Barton Ministry....	Protectionist Party Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment....	1901–1903	Minister for Home Affairs
John Forrest John Forrest Sir John Forrest Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....	Protectionist Party	1903–1904
Lee Batchelor Lee Batchelor Egerton Lee Batchelor, known as Lee Batchelor, , Australian politician, was the 2nd leader of the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party, a member of the First Australian Parliament, and the first member for the Federal Division of Boothby in South Australia, from 1903 to 1911....	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1904
Dugald Thomson Dugald Thomson Dugald Thomson was an Australian politician.Thomson was born in Camberwell, London in 1849 and his family migrated to South Australia in 1850 and later moved to Victoria ....	Free Trade Party Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party , renamed in 1906 as the Anti-Socialist Party, was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909....	1904–1905
Littleton Groom Littleton Groom Sir Littleton Ernest Groom, KCMG was an Australian Commonwealth Minister, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives and Australia's 10th longest serving federal Parliamentarian ....	Protectionist Party	1905–1906
Thomas Ewing Thomas Ewing (Australian politician) Sir Thomas Thomson Ewing Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian politician, born at Pitt Town, New South Wales to clergyman Thomas Campbell Ewing and Elizabeth, nee Thomson....	Protectionist Party	1906–1907
John Keating John Keating (Australian politician) John Henry Keating was an Australian politician.Keating was born in Hobart and educated at Officer College, Hobart, Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney and the University of Tasmania where he received a Bachelor of Laws in 1896....	Protectionist Party	1907–1908
Hugh Mahon Hugh Mahon Hugh Mahon was an Ireland-born Australian politician and a member of the first Parliament of Australia for the Australian Labor Party.Mahon was born at Killurin, near Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland and migrated with his family to the United States in 1867, where he learnt about printing....	Australian Labor Party	1908–1909
George Fuller George Fuller (Australian politician) Sir George Warburton Fuller Order of St Michael and St George was Premiers of New South Wales, Australia on two occasions during the 1920s. His first term of office lasted less than one day ; his second lasted from 13 April 1922 to 17 June 1925....	Commonwealth Liberal Party Commonwealth Liberal Party The Commonwealth Liberal Party was a political movement active in Australia from 1909 to 1911, shortly after federation.In 1909 Alfred Deakin, the leader of the Protectionist Party merged with the Anti-Socialist Party of Joseph Cook to form the CLP on a shared platform of opposing the Australian Labor Party....	1909–1910
King O'Malley King O'Malley King O'Malley was an Australian politician....	Australian Labor Party	1910–1913
Joseph Cook Joseph Cook Sir Joseph Cook, Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian politician and sixth Prime Minister of Australia....	Commonwealth Liberal Party	1913–1914
William Archibald William Archibald William Oliver Archibald was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and the South Australian House of Assembly.Early life...	Australian Labor Party	1914–1915
King O'Malley	Australian Labor Party	1915–1916
Fred Bamford Fred Bamford Frederick William "Fred" Bamford was an Australian politician.Bamford was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and educated at Toowoomba, Queensland....	National Labor Party National Labor Party For other parties of the same or similar name, see National Labour PartyThe National Labor Party was the name used by the Australia Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I....	1916–1917	Minister for Home and Territories
Patrick Glynn Patrick Glynn Patrick McMahon Glynn King's Counsel was a former Attorney General of Australia and Minister for Foreign Affairs ....	Nationalist Party Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the so-called "National Labor Party", the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes....	1917–1920
Alexander Poynton Alexander Poynton Alexander Poynton, Order of the British Empire, , was an inaugural member of the Australian House of Representatives.Born in Castlemaine, Victoria, Victoria to Alexander, who took part in the Eureka Stockade rebellion, and Rosanna Poynton, Poynton left school at 14 to work as a shearer, station-hand and miner, and marry Harriet Brown on...	Nationalist Party	1920–1921
George Pearce George Pearce Sir George Foster Pearce Royal Victorian Order was an Australian politician who was instrumental in founding the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia....	Nationalist Party	1921–1926
Thomas William Glasgow Thomas William Glasgow Major General Sir Thomas William Glasgow Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order , was an Australian Army Major General in World War I and member of the Australian Senate, representing Queensland as a Nationalist Party of Australia member from 1919 - 1931....	Nationalist Party	1926–1927
Charles Marr Charles Marr Sir Charles William Clanan Marr Royal Victorian Order was an Australia politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and government minister....	Nationalist Party	1927–1928
Neville Howse Neville Howse Major General Sir Neville Reginald Howse Victoria Cross, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian soldier and politician....	Nationalist Party	1928
Aubrey Abbott Aubrey Abbott Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott was an Australian politician and administrator of the Northern Territory. He was born at St Leonards, New South Wales, to Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, a magistrate, and Marion, n?e Lydiard....	Country Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982....	1928–1929
Arthur Blakeley Arthur Blakeley Arthur Blakeley was an Australian politician.Blakeley was born in Gilberton, South Australia and educated at North Broken Hill, New South Wales Convent School....	Australian Labor Party	1929–1932	Minister for Home Affairs
Archdale Parkhill Archdale Parkhill Sir Robert Archdale Parkhill Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian politician. He was born at Paddington, New South Wales in Sydney, New South Wales to Robert Parkhill, a stonemason, and Isabella, n?e Chisholm....	United Australia Party United Australia Party The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and the predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia ....	1932
Robert Ellicott Robert Ellicott Robert James "Bob" Ellicott Queens Counsel, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws was an Australian lawyer, politician and judge.Ellicott was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1950 and was Solicitor General from 1969 to 1973 and was elected as the Liberal Party of Australia for the Division of Wentworth in 1974....	Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....	1977–1980
Robert Ellicott	Liberal Party	1980–1981	Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment
Michael MacKellar Michael MacKellar Michael John Randal MacKellar is an Australian politician and was the Liberal Party of Australia Australian House of Representatives for Division of Warringah from 1969 until 1994....	Liberal Party	1981
Ian Wilson Ian Wilson (politician) Ian Bonython Cameron Wilson , solicitor, company director and Australian politician, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Sir Keith Wilson , a prominent United Australia Party and Liberal Party of Australia politician....	Liberal Party	1981–1982
Tom McVeigh Tom McVeigh Daniel Thomas "Tom" McVeigh is a former Australian politician.McVeigh was born in Allora, Queensland and was a farmer before entering the Australian Parliament....	Liberal Party	1982–1983
Barry Cohen Barry Cohen Barry Cohen is a former Australian politics. He was born in Griffith, New South Wales and educated at Griffith High School, Sydney Grammar School and North Sydney Technical High School....	Australian Labor Party	1983–1984
Robert Ray Robert Ray (Australian politician) Robert Francis Ray , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from July 1981 to May 2008, representing the state of Victoria, Australia....	Australian Labor Party	1987–1988	Minister for Home Affairs
Bob Debus Bob Debus Robert John "Bob" Debus is an Australian Australian Labor Party politician. Before his retirement from the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 2007 state election, he held the portfolios of Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment and Minister for the Arts....	Australian Labor Party	2007–

Australian Ministers for the Interior

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial Title
Archdale Parkhill Archdale Parkhill Sir Robert Archdale Parkhill Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian politician. He was born at Paddington, New South Wales in Sydney, New South Wales to Robert Parkhill, a stonemason, and Isabella, n?e Chisholm....	United Australia Party	1932	Minister for the Interior
John Perkins John Perkins (Australian politician) John Arthur Perkins was an Australian politician and journalist.Perkins was born at Gocup, New South Wales near Tumut, New South Wales and educated at public schools in Tumut and Cooma, New South Wales....	United Australia Party	1932-1934
Eric Harrison Eric Harrison Sir Eric John Harrison Order of St Michael and St George Royal Victorian Order was an Australian politician who became the first Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia....	United Australia Party	1934
Thomas Paterson Thomas Paterson Thomas Paterson was an Australian farmer and politician.Paterson was born in Aston, near Birmingham, England and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Ayr academy....	Country Party	1934–1937
John McEwen John McEwen Sir John "Black Jack" McEwen, Order of St Michael and St George, Companion of Honour , was an Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia....	Country Party	1937–1939
Harry Foll	United Australia Party	1939–1941
Joseph Collings Joseph Collings Joseph Silver Collings was an Australian politician. He was a hardworking Australian Labor Party bureaucrat with valuable writing and speaking talents, who was eventually rewarded by a five-year stint as a federal government minister....	Labor Party	1941–1945
Herbert Johnson Herbert Johnson (Australian politician) Herbert Victor Johnson was an Australian politician.Johnson was born in Northampton, Western Australia and educated at the local convent school....	Labor Party	1945–1949
Philip McBride Philip McBride Sir Philip Albert Martin McBride Order of St Michael and St George Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was an Australian politician.McBride was born into a well-known pastoral family and educated at Burra, South Australia Public School and Prince Alfred College in Adelaide....	Liberal Party	1949–1950
Eric Harrison	Liberal Party	1950–1951
Wilfrid Kent Hughes Wilfrid Kent Hughes Sir Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes Order of the British Empire, Royal Victorian Order, Military Cross was an Australian soldier, Olympian and Olympic Games organiser, author and federal and state government minister....	Liberal Party	1951–1956
Allen Fairhall Allen Fairhall Sir Allen Fairhall Order of the British Empire was an Australian politician and Member of the Parliament of Australia for the Division of Paterson from 1949 to 1969....	Liberal Party	1956–1958
Gordon Freeth Gordon Freeth Sir Gordon Freeth Order of the British Empire was an Australian politician.Freeth was born in Angaston, South Australia and attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the Guildford Grammar School in Western Australia....	Liberal Party	1958–1963
John Gorton John Gorton Sir John Grey Gorton, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of Australia, Order of the Companions of Honour , Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia....	Liberal Party	1963–1964
Doug Anthony Doug Anthony John Douglas Anthony, Order of Australia, Order of the Companions of Honour , is a former Australian politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972 and from 1975 to 1983 and leader of the National Party of Australia from 1971 to 1984....	Country Party	1964–1967
Peter Nixon Peter Nixon Peter James Nixon Order of Australia is a former Australian politician. Born in Orbost, Victoria, Nixon was a grazier and company director prior to gaining National Party of Australia pre-selection for the rural Division of Gippsland, following the sudden death of the original Country Party candidate....	Country Party	1967–1971
Ralph Hunt Ralph Hunt (Australian politician) Ralph James Dunnet Hunt Order of Australia was an Australian politician.Hunt was born in Narrabri, New South Wales and was a farmer and grazier before entering the Australian Parliament....	Country Party	1971–1972
Lance Barnard Lance Barnard Lance Herbert Barnard Order of Australia , Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for most of the Australian Labor Party government of Gough Whitlam....	Labor Party	1972

Australian Ministers for Territories

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial Title
Charles Marr Charles Marr Sir Charles William Clanan Marr Royal Victorian Order was an Australia politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and government minister....	United Australia Party United Australia Party The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and the predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia ....	1932	Minister in charge of Territories
Harry Lawson Harry Lawson Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson Order of St Michael and St George , Australian politician, was the 27th Premier of Victoria.Lawson was born in Dunolly, Victoria, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scotland descent....	United Australia Party	1932–1934
George Pearce George Pearce Sir George Foster Pearce Royal Victorian Order was an Australian politician who was instrumental in founding the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia....	United Australia Party	1934–1937
Billy Hughes Billy Hughes William Morris 'Billy' Hughes, Companion of Honour, Kings Counsel , Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia, the List of longest-serving members of the Australian House of Representatives, and one of the most colourful figures in Australian political history....	United Australia Party	1937–1938
John Perkins John Perkins (Australian politician) John Arthur Perkins was an Australian politician and journalist.Perkins was born at Gocup, New South Wales near Tumut, New South Wales and educated at public schools in Tumut and Cooma, New South Wales....	United Australia Party	1938–1938
Eric Harrison Eric Harrison Sir Eric John Harrison Order of St Michael and St George Royal Victorian Order was an Australian politician who became the first Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia....	United Australia Party	1938–1939	Minister without portfolio administering External Territories
John Perkins	United Australia Party	1939–1940
Horace Nock Horace Nock Horace Keyworth Nock was an Australian politician, farmer and company director. He was born at Salisbury, South Australia to Joseph Nock and his second wife Eliza, n?e Keyworth....	United Australia Party	1940	Minister without portfolio in charge of External Territories
Allan MacDonald Allan MacDonald Allan Nicoll MacDonald was an Australian politician and government minister.MacDonald was born at Lochee, Forfarshire, Scotland and educated at Arbroath High School....	United Australia Party	1941	Minister for External Territories
James Fraser James Fraser (Western Australian politician) James McIntosh Fraser was an Australian trade unionist and politician.Fraser was born in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland and educated locally. He emigrated to Australia and married Ellen Simmons in April 1912 in Perth, Western Australia....	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1941–1943
Eddie Ward Eddie Ward Edward John "Eddie" Ward , Australian politician, was a long-serving Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years from 1931 until his death in 1963....	Australian Labor Party	1943–1949
Percy Spender Percy Spender Sir Percy Claude Spender, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the British Empire, Queen's Counsel, Venerable Order of St John , was an Australian diplomat, politician and jurist....	Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....	1949–1951
Richard Casey Richard Casey, Baron Casey Sir Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey Order of the Garter Order of St Michael and St George Order of the Companions of Honour Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Venerable Order of St John Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was an Australian politician, diplomat and 16th Governor-General of Australia....	Liberal Party	1951
Paul Hasluck Paul Hasluck Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck Order of the Garter Order of St Michael and St George Royal Victorian Order Venerable Order of St John was an Australian historian, poet, public servant and politician, and 17th Governor-General of Australia....	Liberal Party	1951–1963	Minister for Territories
Charles Barnes Charles Barnes Charles Edward "Ceb" Barnes was a long serving member of the Australian House of Representatives who served as a Minister under five Prime Minister of Australia....	Country Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982....	1963–1968
Charles Barnes	Country Party	1968–1972	Minister for External Territories
Andrew Peacock Andrew Peacock Andrew Sharp Peacock Order of Australia , is a former Australian Liberal Party of Australia politician. He was a minister in the John Gorton, William McMahon and Malcolm Fraser governments, and was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1983?1985 and 1989?1990....	Liberal Party	1972
Bill Morrison Bill Morrison (Australian politician) William Lawrence "Bill" Morrison Order of Australia , Australian former politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and a Cabinet minister in the Gough Whitlam government....	Australian Labor Party	1972–1973
Tom Uren Tom Uren Thomas Uren, Order of Australia , Australian politician, was a minister in the Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke Australian Labor Party governments....	Australian Labor Party	1983–1984	Minister for Territories and Local Government
Gordon Scholes Gordon Scholes Gordon Glen Denton Scholes Order of Australia is an Australian former politician.Scholes was born in Melbourne and was a councillor of the City of Geelong from 1965 to 1967....	Australian Labor Party	1984–1987	Minister for Territories
John Brown John Brown (Australian politician) John Joseph Brown Order of Australia was an Australian politician.Brown was born in the Greater Western Sydney of Sydney and was educated at Christian Brothers College, Burwood, St Patrick's College, Strathfield and the University of Sydney....	Australian Labor Party	1987–1988	Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
Gary Punch Gary Punch Gary Francis Punch is a former Australian politician and government minister.Punch was born in Arncliffe, New South Wales and educated at Hurstville, New South Wales Boys High School and subsequently obtained a commerce degree....	Australian Labor Party	1988	Minister for the Arts and Territories
Clyde Holding Clyde Holding Allan Clyde Holding , Australian politician, was Leader of the Opposition in Victoria, Australia for ten years, and was later a federal minister....	Australian Labor Party	1988–1989
Clyde Holding	Australian Labor Party	1989–1990	Minister for the Arts, Tourism and Territories
David Simmons David Simmons (Australian politician) David William Simmons was the Australian politician and government minister.Simmons was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales and received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master's degree of Education from the University of New England, Australia....	Australian Labor Party	1990–1991
Wendy Fatin Wendy Fatin Wendy Frances Fatin , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from Western Australia representing the Australian Labor Party in the Divisions of Division of Canning and Division of Brand ....	Australian Labor Party	1991–1993	Minister for the Arts and Territories
Ros Kelly Ros Kelly Ros Kelly Order of Australia was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Canberra from October 18 1980 to January 30 1995....	Australian Labor Party	1993–1994	Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories
Graham Richardson Graham Richardson Graham Frederick Richardson is a former Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party....	Australian Labor Party	1994
John Faulkner John Faulkner John Philip Faulkner , has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since April 1989, representing the state of New South Wales....	Australian Labor Party	1994–1996
Warwick Smith Warwick Smith (politician) Warwick Leslie Smith Order of Australia is an Australian politician, and was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from December 1984 to March 1993 and again from March 1996 to October 1998, representing the Division of Bass, Tasmania....	Liberal Party	1996–1997	Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government
Alex Somlyay Alex Somlyay Alexander Michael Somlyay Member of Parliament#Australia , Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Fairfax, Queensland....	Liberal Party	1997–1998	Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government
Ian Macdonald Ian Macdonald (Australian politician) Ian Douglas Macdonald , Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate since July 1990, representing Queensland....	Liberal Party	1998–2001	Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government
Wilson Tuckey Wilson Tuckey Charles Wilson Tuckey Member of Parliament#Australia , Australian politician, has beena Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1980, representing the Division of O'Connor, Western Australia....	Liberal Party	2001–2003
Jim Lloyd Jim Lloyd James Eric Lloyd , Australian politician, was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from the Australian federal election, 1996 until the Australian federal election, 2007, representing the Division of Robertson in New South Wales....	Liberal Party	2003–2007	Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads
Bob Debus Bob Debus Robert John "Bob" Debus is an Australian Australian Labor Party politician. Before his retirement from the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 2007 state election, he held the portfolios of Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment and Minister for the Arts....	Australian Labor Party	2007–	Minister for Home Affairs

Australian Ministers for the Capital Territory

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial Title
Kep Enderby Kep Enderby Keppel "Kep" Enderby Queen's Counsel is an Australian Esperanto and former politician.Enderby was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and educated at Dubbo High School....	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1972–1973	Minister for the Capital Territory
Gordon Bryant Gordon Bryant Gordon Munro Bryant was an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he represented the Division of Wills from 1955 until his retirement in 1980....	Australian Labor Party	1973–1975
Reg Withers Reg Withers File:Reg_Withers_1991.pngReginald Grieve 'Reg' Withers is a former long serving member of the Australian Senate and former List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Perth....	Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....	1975
Eric Robinson Eric Robinson (Australian politician) Eric Laidlaw Robinson was an Australian politician.Robinson took over his family's sporting goods business and built it up from a single store into a chain along the Queensland coast....	Liberal Party	1975–1976
Tony Staley Tony Staley Anthony Allan Staley, Order of Australia is an Australian politician, member of parliament and businessman.Staley the member for division of Chisholm from 1970 to 1980 and was Minister for Home Affairs from February 1976 to December 1977 in the Second Fraser Ministry and then Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy...	Liberal Party	1976–1977
Robert Ellicott Robert Ellicott Robert James "Bob" Ellicott Queens Counsel, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws was an Australian lawyer, politician and judge.Ellicott was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1950 and was Solicitor General from 1969 to 1973 and was elected as the Liberal Party of Australia for the Division of Wentworth in 1974....	Liberal Party	1977–1980
Michael Hodgman Michael Hodgman William Michael Hodgman, QC , is a Tasmanian Liberal Party of Australia politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the electorate of Division of Denison, Tasmania....	Liberal Party	1980–1983

Australian Ministers for the Northern Territory

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial Title
Kep Enderby Kep Enderby Keppel "Kep" Enderby Queen's Counsel is an Australian Esperanto and former politician.Enderby was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and educated at Dubbo High School....	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1972–1973	Minister for the Northern Territory
Rex Patterson Rex Patterson Rex Alan Patterson is a former Australian politician and minister.Patterson was born in Bundaberg, Queensland and educated at the University of Queensland, the Australian National University, the University of Illinois system and the the University of Chicago....	Australian Labor Party	1973–1975
Rex Patterson	Australian Labor Party	1975	Minister for Northern Australia
Paul Keating Paul Keating Paul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia. He came to prominence as the reformist treasurer of Australia in the Bob Hawke government from Australian federal election, 1983....	Australian Labor Party	1975
Ian Sinclair Ian Sinclair Ian McCahon Sinclair Order of Australia, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , is a former Australian politician and leader of the National Party of Australia....	National Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982....	1975
Evan Adermann Evan Adermann Evan Adermann Order of Australia was an Australian politician.Adermann was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, son of Charles Adermann, and was educated at Brisbane Boys' College....	Liberal Party	1975–1978	Minister for the Northern Territory
Bob Collins Bob Collins (Australian politician) Robert Lindsay "Bob" Collins Order of Australia was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from July 1987 to March 1998, representing the Northern Territory....	Australian Labor Party	1990–1992	Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Northern Australia
Ben Humphreys Ben Humphreys Benjamin Charles Humphreys Order of Australia , Australian politician, is a former Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Griffith, Queensland from 1977 to 1996....	Australian Labor Party	1992–1993

Customs ministers

From 1901 to 1956 Customs was handled by the Minister for Trade and Customs. In 1956 Frederick Osborne

Frederick Osborne

Frederick Meares Osborne Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Cross Volunteer Reserve Decoration was an Australian politician and government minister....
was appointed Minister for Customs and Excise. Kep Enderby

Kep Enderby

Keppel "Kep" Enderby Queen's Counsel is an Australian Esperanto and former politician.Enderby was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and educated at Dubbo High School....
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

John Howard

John Winston Howard, Order of Australia was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Robert Menzies....
. 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

Phillip Lynch

Sir Phillip Reginald Lynch Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian Liberal Party of Australia politician.Lynch held the Australian House of Representatives seat of Division of Flinders from 1966 to 1982....
. In January 1988, Barry Jones (Australian politician)

Barry Jones (Australian politician)

Barry Owen Jones Order of Australia is a writer, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion and former politician. He campaigned against the Capital punishment throughout the 1960s, particularly against the execution of Ronald Ryan, and remains against capital punishment....
became responsible for customs as Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business within John Button

John Button

John Norman Button was an Australian politician, who served as a senior minister in the Bob Hawke and Paul Keating Australian Labor Party governments....
'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

Bob Debus

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial Title
Charles Kingston Charles Kingston Charles Cameron Kingston, Australian politician, was an early liberalism Premier of South Australia serving from 1893 to 1899 with the support of Australian Labor Party led by John McPherson from 1893 and Lee Batchelor from 1897 in the South Australian House of Assembly, winning the South Australian state election, 1893, South Australian sta...	Protectionist Party Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment....	1901–1903	Minister for Trade and Customs
William Lyne William Lyne Sir William John Lyne Order of St Michael and St George , Australian politician, was Premiers of New South Wales and a member of the Barton Ministry....	Protectionist Party	1903–1904
Andrew Fisher Andrew Fisher Andrew Fisher was an Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australia on three separate occasions. Fisher's 1910-13 ministry completed a vast legislative programme which made him, along with Protectionist Party Alfred Deakin, the founder of the statutory structure of the new nation....	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1904
Allan McLean Allan McLean (Australian politician) Allan McLean was an Australian politician, the 19th Premier of Victoria.McLean was born in the highlands of Scotland and came to Australia as a child in 1842 with his family....	Free Trade Party Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party , renamed in 1906 as the Anti-Socialist Party, was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909....	1904–1905
William Lyne William Lyne Sir William John Lyne Order of St Michael and St George , Australian politician, was Premiers of New South Wales and a member of the Barton Ministry....	Protectionist Party	1905–1907
Austin Chapman Austin Chapman Sir Austin Chapman Order of St Michael and St George , Australian politician, was a member of several early federal ministries. He was born in Bong Bong near Bowral, New South Wales, New South Wales and educated at Marulan, New South Wales Public School and was apprenticed as a saddler at an early age....	Protectionist Party	1907–1908
Frank Tudor Frank Tudor Francis Gwynne Tudor was an Australian-born felt hatter and politician. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1916 to 1921....	Australian Labor Party	1908–1909
Robert Best Robert Best (Australian politician) Sir Robert Wallace Best Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian politician.Best was born in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, Victoria and educated at Templeton's school, Fitzroy, Victoria....	Commonwealth Liberal Party Commonwealth Liberal Party The Commonwealth Liberal Party was a political movement active in Australia from 1909 to 1911, shortly after federation.In 1909 Alfred Deakin, the leader of the Protectionist Party merged with the Anti-Socialist Party of Joseph Cook to form the CLP on a shared platform of opposing the Australian Labor Party....	1909–1910
Frank Tudor	Australian Labor Party	1910–1913
Littleton Groom Littleton Groom Sir Littleton Ernest Groom, KCMG was an Australian Commonwealth Minister, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives and Australia's 10th longest serving federal Parliamentarian ....	Commonwealth Liberal Party	1913–1914
Frank Tudor	Australian Labor Party	1914–1916
Billy Hughes Billy Hughes William Morris 'Billy' Hughes, Companion of Honour, Kings Counsel , Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia, the List of longest-serving members of the Australian House of Representatives, and one of the most colourful figures in Australian political history....	Australian Labor Party	1916–1916
William Archibald William Archibald William Oliver Archibald was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and the South Australian House of Assembly.Early life...	National Labor Party National Labor Party For other parties of the same or similar name, see National Labour PartyThe National Labor Party was the name used by the Australia Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I....	1916–1917
Jens Jensen Jens Jensen Jens August Jensen was an Australian politician and Minister for Defence .Jensen was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Ballarat, leaving school at 11....	Nationalist Party Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the so-called "National Labor Party", the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes....	1917–1918
William Watt William Watt William Alexander Watt Privy Council of the United Kingdom was an Australian politician who was the 24th Premier of Victoria, and later a leading federal politician and Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives....	Nationalist Party	1918–1921
Walter Massy-Greene Walter Massy-Greene Sir Walter Massy-Greene Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian politician.Massy-Greene was born in Camberwell, London England , son of of John Greene, a brewer and hotel proprietor....	Nationalist Party	1921
Arthur Rodgers Arthur Rodgers Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers was an Australian politician.Rodgers was born in Geelong, Victoria and educated at Xavier College , Melbourne in 1889 and 1890....	Nationalist Party	1921–1923
Austin Chapman Austin Chapman Sir Austin Chapman Order of St Michael and St George , Australian politician, was a member of several early federal ministries. He was born in Bong Bong near Bowral, New South Wales, New South Wales and educated at Marulan, New South Wales Public School and was apprenticed as a saddler at an early age....	Nationalist Party	1923–1924
Littleton Groom Littleton Groom Sir Littleton Ernest Groom, KCMG was an Australian Commonwealth Minister, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives and Australia's 10th longest serving federal Parliamentarian ....	Nationalist Party	1924
Herbert Pratten Herbert Pratten Herbert Edward Pratten was an Australian politician.Pratten was born in Mangotsfield near Bristol, England, but made a fortune as a jam manufacturer in Western Sydney....	Nationalist Party	1924–1928
Stanley Bruce Stanley Bruce Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, Order of the Companions of Honour, Military Cross, Fellow of the Royal Society, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was an Australian politician and diplomat, and the eighth Prime Minister of Australia....	Nationalist Party	1928
Henry Gullett Henry Gullett Sir Henry Somer Gullett Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian Cabinet Minister and member of the Australian House of Representatives...	Nationalist Party	1928–1929
James Fenton James Fenton (Australian politician) James Edward Fenton Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian politician. He is notable for having been appointed a cabinet minister by two governments of different political complexions, but resigning from both governments on matters of principle....	Australian Labor Party	1929–1931
Frank Forde Frank Forde Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia.Born at Mitchell, Queensland , Forde was educated at St Mary's College ToowoombaRoman Catholic Church school and became a teacher....	Australian Labor Party	1931–1932
Henry Gullett	Nationalist Party	1932–1933
Thomas White Thomas White (Australian politician) Sir Thomas Walter White Order of the British Empire Distinguished Flying Cross was an Australian politician.White was born at Hotham, North Melbourne, Victoria and educated at Moreland State School....	Nationalist Party	1932–1938
John Perkins John Perkins (Australian politician) John Arthur Perkins was an Australian politician and journalist.Perkins was born at Gocup, New South Wales near Tumut, New South Wales and educated at public schools in Tumut and Cooma, New South Wales....	Nationalist Party	1938–1939
John Lawson John Lawson (Australian politician) John Norman Lawson was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, New South Wales to James Lawson and Eleanor, n?e Day, he was educated at Sydney Boys' High School and the University of Sydney....	Nationalist Party	1939–1940
Robert Menzies Robert Menzies Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, Order of the Thistle, Order of Australia, Order of the Companions of Honour, Queen's Counsel , Australian politician, was the twelfth Prime Minister of Australia....	Nationalist Party	1940
George McLeay George McLeay George McLeay was an Australian politician.McLeay was born in Port Clinton, South Australia and educated at Port Clinton Public School until 1906 when he was sent to Adelaide where he continued his education at Unley Public School....	Nationalist Party	1940
Eric Harrison Eric Harrison Sir Eric John Harrison Order of St Michael and St George Royal Victorian Order was an Australian politician who became the first Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia....	Nationalist Party	1940–1941
Richard Keane Richard Keane Richard Valentine Keane was an Australian politician.Keane was born in Beechworth, Victoria and, after his police constable father was transferred to Melbourne, was educated at Christian Brothers College, St....	Australian Labor Party	1941–1946
James Fraser James Fraser (Western Australian politician) James McIntosh Fraser was an Australian trade unionist and politician.Fraser was born in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland and educated locally. He emigrated to Australia and married Ellen Simmons in April 1912 in Perth, Western Australia....	Australian Labor Party	1946
Benjamin Courtice Benjamin Courtice Benjamin Courtice was an Australian politician.Courtice was born in Bundaberg, Queensland and educated at Bundaberg South State School. He left school at twelve to work in the laboratory of the Millaquin sugar refinery at Bundaberg....	Australian Labor Party	1946–1949
Neil O'Sullivan Neil O'Sullivan Sir Michael Neil O'Sullivan Order of the British Empire was an Australian politician and lawyer.O'Sullivan was born in the Brisbane suburb of Toowong, Queensland and educated at Taringa State School and St....	Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....	1949–1956
Frederick Osborne Frederick Osborne Frederick Meares Osborne Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Cross Volunteer Reserve Decoration was an Australian politician and government minister....	Liberal Party	1956	Minister for Customs and Excise
Denham Henty Denham Henty Sir Denham Henty, Order of the British Empire was an Australian politician.Henty was born in Longford, Tasmania and educated at Launceston Church Grammar School....	Liberal Party	1956–1964
Kenneth Anderson Kenneth Anderson (Australian politician) Sir Kenneth McColl Anderson Order of the British Empire was an Australian politician.Anderson was born at sea, off South Australia, when his parents were returning from a visit to Europe....	Country Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982....	1964–1968
Malcolm Scott Malcolm Scott Malcolm Fox Scott , was an Australian politician and government minister.Scott was born in Western Australia and was a farmer and had extensive mining interests before entering parliament....	Liberal Party	1968–1969
Don Chipp Don Chipp Donald Leslie Chipp, Order of Australia was an Australian politician, and the inaugural leader of the Australian Democrats....	Liberal Party	1968–1972
Lionel Murphy Lionel Murphy Lionel Keith Murphy QC was an Australian politician and jurist who served as Attorney-General of Australia in the government of Gough Whitlam and as a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1975 until his death....	Australian Labor Party	1972–1975
Kep Enderby Kep Enderby Keppel "Kep" Enderby Queen's Counsel is an Australian Esperanto and former politician.Enderby was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and educated at Dubbo High School....	Australian Labor Party	1975
Kep Enderby	Australian Labor Party	1975	Minister for Police and Customs
James Cavanagh	Australian Labor Party	1975
Ivor Greenwood Ivor Greenwood Ivor John Greenwood was an Australian politician and barrister.Greenwood was born in North Melbourne, Victoria and educated at Hartwell, Victoria Central State School, Mont Albert, Victoria Central State School, Scotch College, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne....	Liberal Party	1975
John Howard John Howard John Winston Howard, Order of Australia was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Robert Menzies....	Liberal Party	1975–1977	Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs
Wal Fife Wal Fife Wallace Clyde Fife is a former Australian politician.Fife was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and educated at Gurwood Street public school, Wagga Wagga and Canberra Grammar School....	Liberal Party	1977–1979
Victor Garland Victor Garland Sir Ransley Victor Garland Order of the British Empire , usually known as Victor Garland or Vic Garland, is an Australian former politician....	Liberal Party	1979–1980
John Moore John Moore (Australian politician) John Colinton Moore Order of Australia is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives for over 25 years, and a minister from 1980 to 1982 and 1996 to 2001....	Liberal Party	1980–1982
Neil Brown Neil Brown (Australian politician) Neil Anthony Brown, Queen's Counsel is an Australian lawyer, arbitrator,mediator and former Member of the Federal Parliament of Australia and Minister in the Federal Government....	Liberal Party	1982
Phillip Lynch Phillip Lynch Sir Phillip Reginald Lynch Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian Liberal Party of Australia politician.Lynch held the Australian House of Representatives seat of Division of Flinders from 1966 to 1982....	Liberal Party	1982	Minister for Industry and Commerce
Andrew Peacock Andrew Peacock Andrew Sharp Peacock Order of Australia , is a former Australian Liberal Party of Australia politician. He was a minister in the John Gorton, William McMahon and Malcolm Fraser governments, and was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1983?1985 and 1989?1990....	Liberal Party	1982–1983
John Button John Button John Norman Button was an Australian politician, who served as a senior minister in the Bob Hawke and Paul Keating Australian Labor Party governments....	Australian Labor Party	1983–1984
John Button	Australian Labor Party	1984–1988	Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce
Barry Jones Barry Jones (Australian politician) Barry Owen Jones Order of Australia is a writer, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion and former politician. He campaigned against the Capital punishment throughout the 1960s, particularly against the execution of Ronald Ryan, and remains against capital punishment....	Australian Labor Party	1988–1990	Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business
David Beddall David Beddall David Peter Beddall is a former Australian politician.Beddall was born in Manchester, England and was employed by the Commonwealth Bank and was a self-employed commercial finance consultant before he entered parliament....	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 Alan Griffiths Alan Gordon Griffiths , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1983 to January 1996, representing the Division of Maribyrnong in Victoria ....	Australian Labor Party	1993–1994	Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development
Peter Cook Peter Cook (Australian politician) Peter Francis Salmon Cook , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from 1983 to 2005, representing the state of Western Australia....	Australian Labor Party	1994
Chris Schacht Chris Schacht Christopher Cleland Schacht is a former Politics of Australia and member of the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party . He was born in Melbourne and educated at the University of Adelaide and Wattle Park Teachers College....	Australian Labor Party	1994–1996	Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction
Geoff Prosser Geoff Prosser Geoffrey Daniel Prosser , Australianpolitician, was a Liberal Party of Australia member of theAustralian House of Representatives from Australian federal election, 1987 until the Australian federal election, 2007, representing the Division of Forrest, Western Australia....	Liberal Party	1996–1997	Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs
Chris Ellison Chris Ellison Christopher Martin Ellison , is a former Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate. He represented Western Australia in the Senate from July 1993 to February 2009....	Liberal Party	1997	Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs
Warren Truss Warren Truss Warren Errol Truss , is an Australian politician, and leader of the National Party of Australia in the Commonwealth Parliament. He has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Wide Bay, Queensland....	National Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982....	1997–1998
Amanda Vanstone Amanda Vanstone Amanda Eloise Vanstone is a former Australian politician and the current Ambassador to Italy, taking office in June 2007. She was a Liberal Party of Australia Australian Senate for South Australia from 1984 to 2007, and held several Minister in the John Howard....	Liberal Party	1998–2001	Minister for Justice and Customs
Chris Ellison Chris Ellison Christopher Martin Ellison , is a former Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate. He represented Western Australia in the Senate from July 1993 to February 2009....	Liberal Party	2001–2007
David Johnston David Johnston (politician) David Albert Lloyd Johnston , Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate since July 2002, representing the state of Western Australia....	Liberal Party	2007
Bob Debus Bob Debus Robert John "Bob" Debus is an Australian Australian Labor Party politician. Before his retirement from the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 2007 state election, he held the portfolios of Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment and Minister for the Arts....	Australian Labor Party	2007–	Minister for Home Affairs