25th Parliament
Elected 30 November 1963 · first met 25 February 1964 · dissolved 31 October 1966
The changes below took effect from its election on 30 November 1963 to 25 November 1966, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Robert Menzies (Liberal)
- Harold Holt (Liberal)
Changes
5
2 renamed from1 absorbed2 split from
Departments of State
2 / 1
created / abolished
Other bodies
12 / 3
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
0
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 17 December 1963, when 2 changes landed on one day.
What was happening
- Vietnam War · 3 August 1962 to 11 January 1973 · From the arrival of the Australian Army Training Team to the proclamation ending Australian involvement. (War or armed conflict)
- Indonesian Confrontation · 1963 to 11 August 1966 · Australian forces serve in Borneo and on the Malay Peninsula. (War or armed conflict)
Departments of State created (2)
- Department of Housing 1963–1973
- Department of Trade and Industry 1963–1972
Departments of State abolished (1)
- Department of Trade 1956–1963
Other bodies created (12)
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1964–1990
- Defence Signals Division 1964–1978
- Totalizator Agency Board of the Australian Capital Territory 1964–1989
- Royal Commission on the Loss of HMAS Voyager 1964
- Australian Research Grants Committee 1965–1988
- Australian Tobacco Board 1965–1995
- Canberra School of Music 1965–1988
- Canberra Theatre Trust 1965–1989
- Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education 1965–1971
- Commonwealth Bureau of Roads 1965–1977
- Housing Loans Insurance Corporation 1965–1997
- Royal Australian Mint 1965–present
Other bodies ended (3)
- Australian Forestry School 1926–1965
- Defence Signals Branch 1949–1964
- Royal Commission on the Loss of HMAS Voyager 1964
Every change (5)
Show every change, day by day
22 February 1965
- Department of the Treasury part split off to form Royal Australian Mint
1965
- Australian Forestry School absorbed into Australian National University
17 December 1963
- Department of National Development part split off to form Department of Housing
- Department of Trade renamed to Department of Trade and Industry