Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection was a ministerial post of the Australian Government. The post was created in 1945 and its inaugural officeholder was Arthur Calwell as the Minister for Immigration. On 20 December 2017, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull introduced a new major portfolio responsible for national security: Home Affairs.[1] The Hon Peter Dutton MP retained the duties of Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, with additional responsibilities awarded as the Minister for Home Affairs.[2]
The last Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection was the Hon Alex Hawke MP, who was appointed as Assistant Minister for Home Affairs with effect from 20 December 2017.[1]
Scope
The portfolio and department were created in July 1945, during the last months of World War II. Previously, immigration affairs were handled by the Minister for Home Affairs (1901–1932) and the Minister for the Interior (1932–1945), except that between January 1925 and January 1928 Reginald Wilson and Thomas Paterson were Ministers for Markets and Migration.[3]
The Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship was usually one of the senior members of Cabinet, although between the Tenth Menzies Ministry and the Third Fraser Ministry, the post was downgraded to that of a junior minister. The minister and department have on several occasions been responsible for another portfolio in addition to immigration, such as ethnic/multicultural affairs, local government[4] or border protection.
List of ministers for immigration
The following individuals have held responsibility for immigration:[5]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Titel | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arthur Calwell | Labor | Chifley | Minister for Immigration | 13 July 1945 | 19 December 1949 | 4 years, 159 days | |
2 | Harold Holt | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 24 October 1956 | 6 years, 310 days | ||
3 | Athol Townley | 24 October 1956 | 19 March 1958 | 1 year, 146 days | ||||
4 | Alec Downer | 19 March 1958 | 18 December 1963 | 5 years, 274 days | ||||
5 | Hubert Opperman | 18 December 1963 | 26 January 1966 | 2 years, 361 days | ||||
Holt | 26 January 1966 | 14 December 1966 | ||||||
6 | Billy Snedden | 14 December 1966 | 19 December 1967 | 2 years, 333 days | ||||
McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 12 November 1969 | ||||||
7 | Phillip Lynch | McMahon | 12 November 1969 | 22 March 1971 | 1 year, 130 days | |||
8 | Jim Forbes | 22 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | 1 year, 258 days | ||||
9 | Lance Barnard1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
10 | Al Grassby | 19 December 1972 | 12 June 1974 | 1 year, 175 days | ||||
11 | Clyde Cameron | Minister for Labour and Immigration | 12 June 1974 | 6 June 1975 | 359 days | |||
12 | Jim McClelland | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | ||||
13 | Tony Street | Liberal | Fraser | 12 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 40 days | ||
14 | Michael MacKellar | Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | 22 December 1975 | 8 December 1979 | 3 years, 351 days | |||
15 | Ian Macphee | 8 December 1979 | 7 May 1982 | 2 years, 150 days | ||||
16 | John Hodges | 7 May 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 308 days | ||||
17 | Stewart West | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 year, 277 days | ||
18 | Chris Hurford | 13 December 1984 | 16 February 1987 | 2 years, 65 days | ||||
19 | Mick Young | Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs | 16 February 1987 | 12 February 1988 | 361 days | |||
20 | Clyde Holding | 12 February 1988 | 2 September 1988 | 203 days | ||||
21 | Robert Ray | 2 September 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 1 year, 214 days | ||||
22 | Gerry Hand | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 354 days | ||||
Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
23 | Nick Bolkus | Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 353 days | |||
24 | Philip Ruddock | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | 11 March 1996 | 26 November 2001 | 7 years, 210 days | |
Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs | 26 November 2001 | 7 October 2003 | ||||||
25 | Amanda Vanstone | 7 October 2003 | 27 January 2006 | 3 years, 115 days | ||||
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | 27 January 2006 | 30 January 2007 | ||||||
26 | Kevin Andrews | Minister for Immigration and Citizenship | 30 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 307 days | |||
27 | Chris Evans | Labor | Rudd | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 285 days | ||
Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
28 | Chris Bowen | 14 September 2010 | 4 February 2013 | 2 years, 143 days | ||||
29 | Brendan O'Connor | 4 February 2013 | 1 July 2013 | 147 days | ||||
30 | Tony Burke | Rudd | Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
31 | Scott Morrison | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Immigration and Border Protection | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 1 year, 96 days | |
32 | Peter Dutton | Liberal National | 23 December 2014 | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 362 days | |||
Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 20 December 2017 | ||||||
For subsequent appointments, see the Minister for Home Affairs |
Notes
- 1 Barnard was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Gough Whitlam for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.
List of ministers for customs
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 been the responsibility of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection.
The following individuals have held responsibility for customs:[5]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Titel | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Liberal National | 23 December 2014 | 15 September 2015 | ||||
Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | incumbent | ||||||
For subsequent appointments, see the Minister for Home Affairs |
Notes
- 1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.
List of assistant ministers
On 24 July 1987third Hawke ministry implemented a two-level ministerial structure, with distinctions drawn between senior and junior ministers. This arrangement has been continued by subsequent governments; although there has not always been a junior minister in the immigration portfolio. Senior ministers are shown above. Junior ministers are shown below. The following individuals served as the Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs, or any precedent titles:[5]
theOrder | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Clyde Holding | Labor | Hawke | Minister Assisting the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs | 2 September 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 1 year, 214 days | |
2 | Gary Hardgrave | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs | 26 November 2001 | 26 October 2004 | 2 years, 335 days | |
3 | Peter McGauran | National | 26 October 2004 | 6 July 2005 | 253 days | |||
4 | John Cobb | 6 July 2005 | 27 January 2006 | 205 days | ||||
5 | Kate Lundy | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Multicultural Affairs | 5 March 2012 | 27 June 2013 | 1 year, 197 days | |
Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
6 | Michaelia Cash | Liberal | Abbott | Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | |
Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
7 | James McGrath | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection | 18 February 2016 | 18 July 2016 | 3118 days | |
9 | Alex Hawke | 19 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 | 1 year, 154 days | ||||
For subsequent appointments, see the Assistant Minister for Home Affairs |
See also
References
- ^ a b Turnbull, Malcolm (20 December 2017). "Ministerial Arrangements" (Press release). Government of Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
Peter Dutton will become Minister for Home Affairs, for the first time bringing together the nation's security, border and intelligence agencies under one department. As Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton will be supported by two Ministers: Angus Taylor as Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity and Alan Tudge as Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. He will also continue to have the assistance of Alex Hawke as Assistant Minister for Home Affairs. The Department of Home Affairs will keep Australians safer by ensuring full coordination between ASIO, the AFP, Australian Border Force, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and AUSTRAC. It will also contribute enormously to nation building through its focus on our immigration program.
- ^ "Australian Government Ministry List as at 20 December 2017" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australia. 20 December 2017.
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