The Australian Minister for Interior was a ministerial portfolio responsible for the

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and external territories administration. The portfolio was originally held by the

Minister for Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergenc ...

from 1901 to 1932 and then Minister for the Interior in the first Lyons Ministry—subsuming his portfolios of ''Home Affairs'' and ''Transport''. The establishment of portfolios such as

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and

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left the ''Minister for the Interior'' mainly responsible for administering the

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and the

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, including, until 1967, the

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s residing there. On 19 December 1972 the interior portfolio was replaced in the Whitlam Ministry by the Minister for the Capital Territory and the Minister for the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory portfolio 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.

List of Ministers for the Interior

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Interior:

List of Ministers for the Capital Territory

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Capital Territory:

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* Department of Home Affairs (1977–80) * Department of Home Affairs and Environment (1980-84) * Department of Local Government and Administrative Services (1984-87) * Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories (1987-91) * Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories (1991-93) * Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories (1993-97) * Department of Transport and Regional Development (1996-98) * Department of Transport and Regional Services (1998-07) * Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (2007-2010 * Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government (2010-2011) * Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport (2011-2013)

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List of Ministers for the Interior

List of Ministers for the Capital Territory

See also

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