Minister for Defence (Australia)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox official post The Minister for Defence is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing the organisation, implementation, and formulation of strategic policy in defence and military matters as the head of the Department of Defence. The Minister for Defence is responsible for the Australian Defence Organisation, including the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The current Defence minister is Richard Marles, who is also concurrently serving as deputy prime minister of Australia, having been selected by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in May 2022 following the 2022 Australian federal election.[1]

As the Minister for Defence is responsible for the management of Australia's defence and military forces and the portfolio's accountability to the Parliament, the secretary of Defence is required under section 63(1) of the Public Service Act 1999 and the Requirements for Annual Reports from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit to submit a report to the responsible ministers on the activities of the Department of Defence after the end of each financial year for presentation to the Parliament.[2][3]

It is one of only four ministerial positions (along with prime minister, attorney-general and treasurer) that have existed since Federation.[4]

Defence policy

The Defence minister is primarily responsible for implementing government defence policy. The three main entities responsible for formulating defence policy within Defence are the Air Power Development Centre, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and Sea Power Centre - Australia.[5] Additionally, the minister releases white papers, that assess Australia's current defence capabilities and set out areas of reform.[6]

The most recent white paper publication is the 2016 Defence White Paper that includes three elements: the 2016 Defence White Paper itself, 2016 Integrated Investment Program, and 2016 Defence Industry Policy Statement. It is the eighth defence white paper since 1976.

Composition of the defence portfolio

Over the years there have been a number of ministers with a variety of functions involved in the defence portfolio; in the period November 1939 to April 1942, there was no position named Minister of Defence. Instead, several ministers were responsible for the various tasks and duties that are presently under the purview of the minister for Defence.

Previous governments have included ministers with titles using one or more of the following terms: Template:Div col

  • Air
  • Aircraft production
  • Army
  • Defence
  • Defence Coordination
  • Defence Industry
  • Defence Materiel
  • Defence Personnel
  • Defence Production
  • Defence Science
  • Defence Support
  • Development
  • Munitions[7]
  • Navy
  • Repatriation
  • Shipping
  • Supply
  • Veterans' Affairs

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List of ministers for defence

There was a Minister for Defence from 1 January 1901 until 13 November 1939, with the exception of two small breaks. Robert Menzies, the Prime Minister, abolished the position on the outbreak of World War II and created separate Ministers for the Navy, the Army and the Air, with himself as Minister for Defence Coordination in his first ministry. He retained this position until the fall of his government, and then held the post in the brief government of Arthur Fadden. John Curtin initially followed the same arrangement as Menzies in his ministry until 14 April 1942, when he took the title of Minister for Defence. The separate titles of Ministers for the Navy, the Army and the Air were abolished in the second Whitlam Ministry on 30 November 1973, when the separate departments of Navy, Army and Air were also abolished. There had also been a separate Navy portfolio between 1915 and 1921.

The following have served as Minister for Defence:[8]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Term start Term end Term in office
1 Sir James Dickson Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style |   Protectionist Barton 1 January 1901 10 January 1901 Script error: No such module "age". days
2 John Forrest Template:Post-nominals rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style |   Protectionist Barton 17 January 1901 10 August 1903 Template:Age in years and days
3 Senator James Drake 10 August 1903 24 September 1903 Script error: No such module "age". days
4 Austin Chapman Template:Post-nominals Deakin 24 September 1903 27 April 1904 Script error: No such module "age". days
5 Senator Anderson Dawson Template:Australian party style | Labor Watson 27 April 1904 18 August 1904 Script error: No such module "age". days
6 James McCay Template:Post-nominals rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style | Protectionist Reid 18 August 1904 5 July 1905 Script error: No such module "age". days
7 Senator Thomas Playford Deakin 5 July 1905 24 January 1907 Template:Age in years and days
8 Sir Thomas Ewing Template:Post-nominals 24 January 1907 13 November 1908 Template:Age in years and days
9 Senator George Pearce[n 1] Template:Australian party style | Labor Fisher 13 November 1908 2 June 1909 Script error: No such module "age". days
10 Joseph Cook Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style| Liberal Deakin 2 June 1909 29 April 1910 Script error: No such module "age". days
(9) Senator George Pearce[n 1] Template:Australian party style | Labor Fisher 29 April 1910 24 June 1913 Template:Age in years and days
11 Senator Edward Millen Template:Australian party style| Liberal Cook 24 June 1913 17 September 1914 Template:Age in years and days
(9) Senator George Pearce[n 1] rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style | Labor Fisher 17 September 1914 27 October 1915 Template:Age in years and days
Hughes 27 October 1915 14 November 1916
Template:Australian party style | National Labor 14 November 1916 13 June 1917[n 2]
rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style | Nationalist 13 June 1917 21 December 1921
12 Walter Massy-Greene Template:Post-nominals[n 3] 21 December 1921 9 February 1923 Template:Age in years and days
13 Eric Bowden Template:Post-nominals Bruce 9 February 1923 16 January 1925 Template:Age in years and days
14 Sir Neville Howse Template:Post-nominals 16 January 1925 2 April 1927 Template:Age in years and days
15 Senator Sir William Glasgow Template:Post-nominals 2 April 1927 22 October 1929 Template:Age in years and days
16 Albert Green Template:Post-nominals rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style | Labor Scullin 22 October 1929 4 February 1931 Template:Age in years and days
17 Senator John Daly 4 February 1931 3 March 1931 Script error: No such module "age". days
18 Ben Chifley Template:Post-nominals 3 March 1931 6 January 1932 Script error: No such module "age". days
(9) Senator Sir George Pearce Template:Post-nominals[n 1] rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style | United
Australia 		Lyons 6 January 1932 12 October 1934 Template:Age in years and days
19 Sir Archdale Parkhill Template:Post-nominals 12 October 1934 20 November 1937 Template:Age in years and days
20 Joseph Lyons Template:Post-nominals 20 November 1937 29 November 1937 Script error: No such module "age". days
21 Harold Thorby Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style | Country 29 November 1937 7 November 1938 Script error: No such module "age". days
22 Geoffrey Street Template:Post-nominals rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style | United
Australia 		7 November 1938 7 April 1939 Template:Age in years and days
Page 7 April 1939 26 April 1939
Menzies 26 April 1939 13 November 1939
23 Robert Menzies Template:Post-nominals[n 4] 13 November 1939 29 August 1941 Template:Age in years and days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
24 John Curtin Template:Post-nominals[n 4] rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style | Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 6 July 1945 Template:Age in years and days
25 Jack Beasley Template:Post-nominals Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945 Template:Age in years and days
Chifley 13 July 1945 14 August 1946
26 Frank Forde Template:Post-nominals 15 August 1946 1 November 1946 Script error: No such module "age". days
27 John Dedman Template:Post-nominals 1 November 1946 19 December 1949 Template:Age in years and days
28 Eric Harrison Template:Post-nominals rowspan=11 Template:Australian party style | Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 24 October 1950 Script error: No such module "age". days
29 Sir Philip McBride Template:Post-nominals 24 October 1950 10 December 1958 Template:Age in years and days
30 Athol Townley Template:Post-nominals 10 December 1958 18 December 1963 Template:Age in years and days
31 Paul Hasluck Template:Post-nominals 18 December 1963 24 April 1964 Script error: No such module "age". days
32 Senator Sir Shane Paltridge Template:Post-nominals 24 April 1964 19 January 1966 Template:Age in years and days
33 Allen Fairhall Template:Post-nominals Holt 26 January 1966 12 December 1967 Template:Age in years and days
McEwen 12 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 12 November 1969
34 Malcolm Fraser Template:Post-nominals 12 November 1969 8 March 1971 Template:Age in years and days
35 John Gorton Template:Post-nominals McMahon 19 March 1971 13 August 1971 Script error: No such module "age". days
36 David Fairbairn Template:Post-nominals 13 August 1971 5 December 1972 Template:Age in years and days
37 Lance Barnard Template:Post-nominals rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style | Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 6 June 1975 Template:Age in years and days
38 Bill Morrison Template:Post-nominals 6 June 1975 11 November 1975 Script error: No such module "age". days
39 Sir James Killen Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style | Liberal Fraser 12 November 1975 7 May 1982 Template:Age in years and days
40 Ian Sinclair Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style | National Country 7 May 1982 16 October 1982 Script error: No such module "age". days
Template:Australian party style| National 16 October 1982 11 March 1983
41 Gordon Scholes Template:Post-nominals rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style | Labor Hawke 11 March 1983 13 December 1984 Template:Age in years and days
42 Kim Beazley Template:Post-nominals 13 December 1984 4 April 1990 Template:Age in years and days
43 Senator Robert Ray 4 April 1990 20 December 1991 Template:Age in years and days
Keating 20 December 1991 11 March 1996
44 Ian McLachlan Template:Post-nominals rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style | Liberal Howard 11 March 1996 21 October 1998 Template:Age in years and days
45 John Moore Template:Post-nominals 21 October 1998 30 January 2001 Template:Age in years and days
46 Peter Reith Template:Post-nominals 30 January 2001 26 November 2001 Script error: No such module "age". days
47 Senator Robert Hill 26 November 2001 20 January 2006 Template:Age in years and days
48 Brendan Nelson Template:Post-nominals 20 January 2006 3 December 2007 Template:Age in years and days
49 Joel Fitzgibbon Template:Post-nominals rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style | Labor Rudd 3 December 2007 9 June 2009 Template:Age in years and days
50 Senator John Faulkner 9 June 2009 24 June 2010 Template:Age in years and days
Gillard 24 June 2010 14 September 2010
51 Stephen Smith Template:Post-nominals 14 September 2010 27 June 2013 Template:Age in years and days
Rudd 27 June 2013 18 September 2013
52 Senator David Johnston rowspan="8" Template:Australian party style | Liberal Abbott 18 September 2013 23 December 2014 Template:Age in years and days
53 Kevin Andrews Template:Post-nominals 23 December 2014 15 September 2015 Template:Age in years and days
Turnbull 15 September 2015 21 September 2015
54 Senator Marise Payne 21 September 2015 24 August 2018 Template:Age in years and days
Morrison 24 August 2018 28 August 2018
55 Christopher Pyne Template:Post-nominals 28 August 2018 26 May 2019 Template:Age in years and days
56 Senator Linda Reynolds Template:Post-nominals 29 May 2019 30 March 2021 Template:Age in years and days
57 Peter Dutton Template:Post-nominals 30 March 2021 23 May 2022 Template:Age in years and days
58 Richard Marles Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style| Labor Albanese 1 June 2022 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days

List of assistant ministers for defence

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Defence, or any of its precedent titles:[8]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Granville Ryrie Template:Post-nominals[n 5] Template:Australian party style| Nationalist Hughes Assistant Minister for Defence Template:Start date Template:End date Template:Age in years and days
2 Josiah Francis Template:Australian party style| United Australia Lyons Assistant Minister for Defence Template:Start date Template:End date Template:Age in years and days
3 Reg Bishop Template:Australian party style| Labor Whitlam Minister assisting the Minister for Defence 19 December 1972 12 June 1974 Template:Age in years and days
4 John McLeay rowspan="2" Template:Australian party style | Liberal Fraser Minister assisting the Minister for Defence 22 December 1975 3 November 1980 Template:Age in years and days
5 Kevin Newman 3 November 1980 7 May 1982 Template:Age in years and days
6 Bruce Scott Template:Australian party style| National Howard Minister assisting the Minister for Defence 21 October 1998 26 November 2001 Template:Age in years and days
7 Danna Vale rowspan="3" Template:Australian party style | Liberal 26 November 2001 7 October 2003 Template:Age in years and days
8 Mal Brough 7 October 2003 18 July 2004 Script error: No such module "age". days
9 Fran Bailey 18 July 2004 22 October 2004 Script error: No such module "age". days
10 De-Anne Kelly Template:Australian party style| National 22 October 2004 27 January 2006 Template:Age in years and days
11 Bruce Billson Template:Australian party style| Liberal 27 January 2006 3 December 2007 Template:Age in years and days
12 Stuart Robert rowspan="2" Template:Australian party style|  Liberal Abbott Assistant Minister for Defence Template:Start date Template:End date Template:Age in years and days
Turnbull Template:End date Template:End date
13 Darren Chester rowspan="2" Template:Australian party style | National Template:Start date Template:End date Template:Age in years and days
14 Michael McCormack Template:Start date Template:End date Template:Age in years and days
15 David Fawcett rowspan="3" Template:Australian party style | Liberal Morrison Assistant Minister for Defence Template:Start date Template:End date Template:Age in years and days
16 Alex Hawke Template:Start date Template:End date Template:Age in years and days
17 Andrew Hastie Template:Start date Template:End date Template:Age in years and days
18 Matt Thistlethwaite rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|  Labor Albanese Template:Start date Template:End date Template:Age in years and days
19 Peter Khalil Template:Start date Incumbent Template:Age in years and days

Individual service branch ministers

Ministers for the Navy

The following served as Minister for the Navy:[8]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Term start Term end Term in office
1 Jens Jensen Template:Post-nominals rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style |   Labor Fisher 12 July 1915 27 October 1915 Template:Age in years and days
Hughes 27 October 1915 14 November 1916
Template:Australian party style | National Labor 14 November 1916 17 February 1917
2 Joseph Cook Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style | Commonwealth
Liberal[n 2] 		17 February 1917 13 June 1917 Template:Age in years and days
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style | Nationalist 13 June 1917 28 July 1920
3 William Laird Smith Template:Post-nominals 28 July 1920 21 December 1921 Template:Age in years and days
4 Frederick Stewart Template:Post-nominals rowspan=1 Template:Australian party style | United
Australia 		Menzies 13 November 1939 14 March 1940 Script error: No such module "age". days
5 Archie Cameron Template:Post-nominals rowspan=1 Template:Australian party style | Country 14 March 1940 28 October 1940 Script error: No such module "age". days
6 Billy Hughes Template:Post-nominals rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style | United
Australia 		28 October 1940 29 August 1941 Script error: No such module "age". days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
7 Norman Makin Template:Post-nominals rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style | Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 6 July 1945 Template:Age in years and days
Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
Chifley 13 July 1945 15 August 1946
8 Arthur Drakeford Template:Post-nominals 15 August 1946 1 November 1946 Script error: No such module "age". days
9 Bill Riordan Template:Post-nominals 1 November 1946 19 December 1949 Template:Age in years and days
10 Josiah Francis Template:Post-nominals rowspan=6 Template:Australian party style | Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 11 May 1951 Template:Age in years and days
11 Philip McBride Template:Post-nominals 11 May 1951 17 July 1951 Script error: No such module "age". days
12 William McMahon Template:Post-nominals 17 July 1951 9 July 1954 Template:Age in years and days
(10) Josiah Francis Template:Post-nominals 9 July 1954 11 July 1955 Template:Age in years and days
13 Eric Harrison Template:Post-nominals 11 July 1955 11 January 1956 Script error: No such module "age". days
14 Senator Neil O'Sullivan 11 January 1956 24 October 1956 Script error: No such module "age". days
15 Charles Davidson Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style | Country 24 October 1956 10 December 1958 Template:Age in years and days
16 Senator John Gorton rowspan=11 Template:Australian party style | Liberal 10 December 1958 18 December 1963 Template:Age in years and days
17 Jim Forbes Template:Post-nominals 18 December 1963 4 March 1964 Script error: No such module "age". days
18 Fred Chaney, Sr. Template:Post-nominals 4 March 1964 26 January 1966 Template:Age in years and days
Holt 26 January 1966 14 December 1966
19 Don Chipp Template:Post-nominals 14 December 1966 19 December 1967 Template:Age in years and days
McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 28 February 1968
20 Bert Kelly Template:Post-nominals 28 February 1968 12 November 1969 Template:Age in years and days
21 James Killen Template:Post-nominals 12 November 1969 10 March 1971 Template:Age in years and days
McMahon 10 March 1971 22 March 1971
22 Malcolm Mackay Template:Post-nominals 22 March 1971 5 December 1972 Template:Age in years and days
23 Lance Barnard Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style | Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 30 November 1973 Script error: No such module "age". days

Ministers for the Army

The following served as Minister for the Army:[8]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Term start Term end Term in office
1 Geoffrey Street Template:Post-nominals rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style |   United
Australia 		Menzies 13 November 1939 28 October 1940 Script error: No such module "age". days
2 Senator Percy Spender 28 October 1940 29 August 1941 Script error: No such module "age". days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
3 Frank Forde Template:Post-nominals rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style | Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 6 July 1945 Template:Age in years and days
Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
Chifley 13 July 1945 1 November 1946
4 Cyril Chambers Template:Post-nominals 1 November 1946 19 December 1949 Template:Age in years and days
5 Josiah Francis Template:Post-nominals rowspan=10 Template:Australian party style | Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 7 November 1955 Template:Age in years and days
6 Eric Harrison Template:Post-nominals 7 November 1955 28 February 1956 Script error: No such module "age". days
7 John Cramer Template:Post-nominals 28 February 1956 18 December 1963 Template:Age in years and days
8 Jim Forbes Template:Post-nominals 18 December 1963 26 January 1966 Template:Age in years and days
9 Malcolm Fraser Template:Post-nominals Holt 26 January 1966 19 December 1967 Template:Age in years and days
McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 28 February 1968
10 Phillip Lynch Template:Post-nominals 28 February 1968 12 November 1969 Template:Age in years and days
11 Andrew Peacock Template:Post-nominals 12 November 1969 10 March 1971 Template:Age in years and days
McMahon 10 March 1971 2 February 1972
12 Bob Katter, Sr. Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style | Country 2 February 1972 5 December 1972 Script error: No such module "age". days
13 Lance Barnard Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style | Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 30 November 1973 Script error: No such module "age". days

Ministers for Air

The following served as Minister for Air:[8]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Term start Term end Term in office
1 James Fairbairn Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style |   United
Australia 		Menzies 13 November 1939 13 August 1940 Script error: No such module "age". days
2 Arthur Fadden Template:Post-nominals rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style | Country 14 August 1940 28 October 1940 Script error: No such module "age". days
3 John McEwen Template:Post-nominals 28 October 1940 29 August 1941 Script error: No such module "age". days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
4 Arthur Drakeford Template:Post-nominals rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style | Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 6 July 1945 Template:Age in years and days
Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
Chifley 13 July 1945 19 December 1949
5 Thomas White Template:Post-nominals rowspan=14 Template:Australian party style | Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 11 May 1951 Template:Age in years and days
6 Philip McBride Template:Post-nominals 11 May 1951 17 July 1951 Script error: No such module "age". days
7 William McMahon Template:Post-nominals 17 July 1951 9 July 1954 Template:Age in years and days
8 Athol Townley Template:Post-nominals 9 July 1954 24 October 1956 Template:Age in years and days
9 Frederick Osborne Template:Post-nominals 24 October 1956 29 December 1960 Template:Age in years and days
10 Senator Harrie Wade 29 December 1960 22 December 1961 Script error: No such module "age". days
11 Les Bury Template:Post-nominals 22 December 1961 27 July 1962 Script error: No such module "age". days
12 David Fairbairn Template:Post-nominals 27 July 1962 10 June 1964 Template:Age in years and days
13 Peter Howson Template:Post-nominals 10 June 1964 26 January 1966 Template:Age in years and days
Holt 26 January 1966 19 December 1967
McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 28 February 1968
14 Gordon Freeth Template:Post-nominals 28 February 1968 13 February 1969 Script error: No such module "age". days
15 Dudley Erwin Template:Post-nominals 13 February 1969 12 November 1969 Script error: No such module "age". days
16 Senator Tom Drake-Brockman rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style | Country 12 November 1969 10 March 1971 Template:Age in years and days
McMahon 10 March 1971 5 December 1972
17 Lance Barnard Template:Post-nominals Template:Australian party style | Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 30 November 1973 Script error: No such module "age". days

See also

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Notes

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References

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