29th Parliament

Elected 18 May 1974 · first met 9 July 1974 · dissolved 11 November 1975

The changes below took effect from its election on 18 May 1974 to 12 December 1975, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.

Gough Whitlam (Labor)
Malcolm Fraser (Liberal)

Changes

6 renamed from6 merged from1 absorbed11 split from6 took over functions from6 replaced

Departments of State

9 / 12

created / abolished

Other bodies

30 / 12

created / ended

Administrative Arrangements Orders

on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001

The biggest reshuffle took effect on 1975, when 11 changes landed on one day.

What was happening

The Dismissal · 11 November 1975 · The Governor-General dismisses the Whitlam government. (National milestone)

Departments of State created (9)

Department of Agriculture 1974–1975
Department of Labor and Immigration 1974–1975
Department of Manufacturing Industry 1974–1975
Department of Repatriation and Compensation 1974–1975
Department of Police and Customs 1975
Department of the Environment 1975
Department of Northern Australia 1975
Department of Science and Consumer Affairs 1975
Department of Administrative Services 1975

Departments of State abolished (12)

Repatriation Department 1918–1974
Department of Immigration 1945–1974
Department of Supply 1950–1974
Department of Customs and Excise 1956–1975
Department of Primary Industry 1956–1974
Department of Labour 1972–1974
Department of Northern Development 1972–1975
Department of Science 1972–1975
Department of Secondary Industry 1972–1974
Department of Services and Property 1972–1975
Department of the Environment and Conservation 1972–1975
Department of the Northern Territory 1972–1975

Other bodies created (30)

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Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration 1974–1976
Petroleum and Minerals Authority 1974–1975
Royal Commission on Human Relationships 1974–1978
Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security 1974–1977
Royal Commission on Alleged Payments to Maritime Unions 1974–1976
Trade Practices Commission 1974–1995
Australian Film Commission 1975–2008
Australian Heritage Commission 1975–2004
Australian Housing Corporation 1975–1976
Australian National Gallery 1975–1992
Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 1975–1993
Australian Science and Technology Council 1975–1997
Capital Territory Health Commission 1975–1985
Director of National Parks and Wildlife 1975–2000
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation 1975–1986
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 1975–present
Law Reform Commission 1975–1997
Office of Australian War Graves 1975–present
Social Security Appeals Tribunal 1975–2015
Technical and Further Education Commission 1975–1977
Trade Union Training Authority 1975–1996
Darwin Reconstruction Commission 1975–1978
Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon certain incidents in which Aborigines were involved in the Laverton area 1975–1976
Road Safety and Standards Authority 1975–1976
Royal Commission into Matters Relating to Norfolk Island 1975–1976
Australian Dairy Corporation 1975–2003
Australian National Railways Commission 1975–1998
Australian Postal Commission 1975–1989
Australian Telecommunications Commission 1975–1989
Office of the Commissioner for Community Relations 1975–1986

Other bodies ended (12)

Commonwealth Railways 1917–1975
Australian Dairy Produce Board 1935–1975
Forestry and Timber Bureau 1946–1975
Supreme Court of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea 1949–1975
Export Payments Insurance Corporation 1957–1975
Commissioner of Trade Practices 1967–1974
Interim Council of the Australian National Gallery 1968–1975
Australian Film Development Corporation 1970–1975
Royal Commission into Exploratory and Production Drilling for Petroleum in the Area of the Great Barrier Reef 1970–1974
Cities Commission 1973–1975
Aboriginal Land Rights Commission 1973–1974
Petroleum and Minerals Authority 1974–1975

Every change (36)

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