Minister for Defence (Australia)

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The current Minister for Defence of Australia is Joel Fitzgibbon. He administers his porfolio through the Department of Defence (Australia), Australian Defence Force, Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force.

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There was a Minister for Defence from 1 January 1901 until 13 November 1939 when Robert Menzies abolished the position on the outbreak of World War II and created separate Ministers for the Air, the Army and the Navy, 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 Air, the Army and the Navy were abolished in the Whitlam ministry on 30 November 1973, when the separate departments of the Air, the Army and the Navy were also abolished. There had also been a separate Navy portfolio between 1915 and 1921. Since 1982 there have from time to time been ministers outside cabinet supporting the Minister for Defence, currently the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon.

Order Minister Party affiliation Period
1 James Dickson Protectionist Party 1901
2 John Forrest Protectionist Party 1901
3 James Drake Protectionist Party 1901-1903
4 Austin Chapman Protectionist Party 1903-1904
5 Anderson Dawson Australian Labor Party 1904
6 James McCay Protectionist Party 1904-1905
7 Thomas Playford Protectionist Party 1905-1907
8 Thomas Ewing Protectionist Party 1907-1908
9 George Pearce Australian Labor Party 1908-1909
10 Joseph Cook Protectionist Party 1909-1910
11 George Pearce Australian Labor Party 1910-1913
12 Edward Millen Commonwealth Liberal Party 1913-1914
13 George Pearce Australian Labor Party/Nationalist Party of Australia 1914-1921
14 Walter Massy-Greene Nationalist Party of Australia 1921-1923
15 Eric Bowden Nationalist Party of Australia 1923-1925
16 Neville Howse Nationalist Party of Australia 1925-1927
17 Thomas William Glasgow Nationalist Party of Australia 1927-1929
18 Albert Green Australian Labor Party 1929-1931
19 John Daly Australian Labor Party 1931
20 Ben Chifley Australian Labor Party 1931-1932
21 George Pearce United Australia Party 1932-1934
22 Archdale Parkhill United Australia Party 1934-1937
23 Joseph Lyons United Australia Party 1937
24 Harold Thorby Country Party 1937-1938
25 Geoffrey Street United Australia Party 1938-1939
* Robert Menzies United Australia Party 1939-1941
* John Curtin Australian Labor Party 1941-1942
26 John Curtin Australian Labor Party 1942-1945
27 Jack Beasley Australian Labor Party 1945-1946
28 Frank Forde Australian Labor Party 1946
29 John Dedman Australian Labor Party 1946-1949
30 Eric Harrison Liberal Party of Australia 1949-1950
31 Philip McBride Liberal Party of Australia 1950-1958
32 Athol Townley Liberal Party of Australia 1958-1963
33 Paul Hasluck Liberal Party of Australia 1963-1964
34 Shane Paltridge Liberal Party of Australia 1964-1966
35 Allen Fairhall Liberal Party of Australia 1966-1969
36 Malcolm Fraser Liberal Party of Australia 1969-1971
37 John Gorton Liberal Party of Australia 1971
38 David Fairbairn Liberal Party of Australia 1971-1972
39 Lance Barnard Australian Labor Party 1972-1975
40 William Morrison Australian Labor Party 1975
41 Jim Killen Liberal Party of Australia 1975-1982
42 Ian Sinclair National Party of Australia 1982-1983
43 Gordon Scholes Australian Labor Party 1983-1984
44 Kim Beazley Australian Labor Party 1984-1990
45 Robert Ray Australian Labor Party 1990-1996
46 Ian McLachlan Liberal Party of Australia 1996-1998
47 John Moore Liberal Party of Australia 1998-2001
48 Peter Reith Liberal Party of Australia 2001
49 Robert Hill Liberal Party of Australia 2001-2006
50 Brendan Nelson Liberal Party of Australia 2006-2007
51 Joel Fitzgibbon Australian Labor Party 2007-

* Minister for Defence Coordination

Minister Party affiliation Period
James Fairbairn United Australia Party 1939–1940
Arthur Fadden United Australia Party 1940
John McEwen Country Party 1940–1941
Arthur Drakeford Australian Labor Party 1941–1949
Thomas White Liberal Party 1949–1949
Philip McBride Liberal Party 1951
William McMahon Liberal Party 1951–1954
Athol Townley Liberal Party 1954–1956
Frederick Osborne Liberal Party 1956–1960
Harrie Wade Liberal Party 1960–1961
Les Bury Liberal Party 1961–1963
James Forbes Liberal Party 1963–1964
Peter Howson Liberal Party 1964–1968
Gordon Freeth Liberal Party 1968–1969
Dudley Erwin Liberal Party 1969
Thomas Drake-Brockman Liberal Party 1969–1972
Lance Barnard Australian Labor Party 1972–1973

Minister Party affiliation Period
Geoffrey Street United Australia Party 1939–1940
Philip McBride United Australia Party 1940
Percy Spender United Australia Party 1940–1941
Frank Forde Australian Labor Party 1941–1946
Cyril Chambers Australian Labor Party 1946–1949
Josiah Francis Liberal Party 1949–1955
Eric Harrison Liberal Party 1955–1956
John Cramer Liberal Party 1956–1963
James Forbes Liberal Party 1963–1966
Malcolm Fraser Liberal Party 1966–1968
Phillip Lynch Liberal Party 1968–1969
Andrew Peacock Liberal Party 1969–1972
Robert Katter Country Party 1972–1972
Lance Barnard Australian Labor Party 1972–1973

Minister Party affiliation Period
Jens Jensen Australian Labor Party 1915–1916
Jens Jensen National Labor Party 1916–1917
Joseph Cook Nationalist Party of Australia 1917–1920
William Laird Smith Nationalist Party of Australia 1920–1921
Frederick Stewart United Australia Party 1939–1940
Archie Cameron United Australia Party 1940
Billy Hughes United Australia Party 1940–1941
Norman Makin Australian Labor Party 1941–1946
Arthur Drakeford Australian Labor Party 1946
William Riordan Australian Labor Party 1946–1949
Josiah Francis Liberal Party 1949–1951
Philip McBride Liberal Party 1951
William McMahon Liberal Party 1951–1954
Josiah Francis Liberal Party 1954–1955
Eric Harrison Liberal Party 1955–1956
Neil O'Sullivan Liberal Party 1956
Charles Davidson Liberal Party 1956–1958
John Gorton Liberal Party 1958–1963
James Forbes Liberal Party 1963–1964
Fred Chaney Liberal Party 1964–1966
Don Chipp Liberal Party 1966–1968
Bert Kelly Liberal Party 1968–1969
James Killen Liberal Party 1969–1971
Malcolm Mackay Liberal Party 1971–1972
Lance Barnard Australian Labor Party 1972–1973
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