3rd Parliament
Elected 12 December 1906 · first met 20 February 1907 · dissolved 19 February 1910
The changes below took effect from its election on 12 December 1906 to 12 April 1910, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Alfred Deakin (Protectionist)
- Andrew Fisher (Labor)
- Alfred Deakin (Commonwealth Liberal)
Changes
5
5 split from
Departments of State
0 / 0
created / abolished
Other bodies
11 / 4
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
0
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 1910, when 2 changes landed on one day.
Other bodies created (11)
- Designs Office 1907–1933
- Bureau of Meteorology 1908–present
- Commonwealth Literary Fund 1908–1973
- Royal Commission on Postal Services 1908–1910
- Royal Commission on Insurance 1908–1910
- Royal Commission on Stripper Harvesters and Drills 1908–1909
- Invalid and Old-Age Pensions Office 1909–1941
- Commonwealth Quarantine Service 1909–1921
- Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine 1910–1930
- Australian Survey Office 1910–1987
- Explosives Factory Maribyrnong 1910–1989
Other bodies ended (4)
- Royal Commission on Customs and Excise Tariffs 1904–1907
- Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Present Conditions, Including the Method of Government, of the Territory of Papua, and the Best Means of Their Improvement 1906–1907
- Royal Commission on Secret Drugs, Cures, and Foods 1906–1907
- Royal Commission on Stripper Harvesters and Drills 1908–1909
Every change (5)
Show every change, day by day
1910
- Department of Home Affairs part split off to form Australian Survey Office
- Department of Defence part split off to form Explosives Factory Maribyrnong
1 July 1909
- Department of Trade and Customs part split off to form Commonwealth Quarantine Service
1909
- Department of the Treasury part split off to form Invalid and Old-Age Pensions Office
1 January 1908
- Department of Home Affairs part split off to form Bureau of Meteorology