45th Parliament
Elected 2 July 2016 · first met 30 August 2016 · dissolved 11 April 2019
The changes below took effect from its election on 2 July 2016 to 17 May 2019, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal)
- Scott Morrison (Liberal)
Changes
38
10 renamed from2 merged from1 absorbed19 split from4 took over functions from2 replaced
Departments of State
4 / 4
created / abolished
Other bodies
27 / 17
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
3
made in the period
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 20 December 2017, when 9 changes landed on one day.
What was happening
- War in Afghanistan · 7 October 2001 to 30 June 2021 · Australian involvement, from the first commitment of forces to the withdrawal of the last troops. (War or armed conflict)
Departments of State created (4)
- Department of the Environment and Energy 2016–2020
- Department of Home Affairs 2017–present
- Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities 2017–2019
- Department of Jobs and Small Business 2017–2019
Departments of State abolished (4)
- Department of Employment 2013–2017
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection 2013–2017
- Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development 2013–2017
- Department of the Environment 2013–2016
Other bodies created (27)
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- Royal Commission into the Child Protection and Youth Detention Systems of the Government of the Northern Territory 2016–2017
- Digital Transformation Agency 2016–present
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 2016–2023
- ASC Shipbuilding Pty Ltd 2017–2018
- WSA Co Limited 2017–present
- Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board 2017–present
- Australian Naval Infrastructure Pty Ltd 2017–present
- Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board 2017–present
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 2017–present
- Registered Organisations Commission 2017–2023
- eSafety Commissioner 2017–present
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 2017–2021
- National Rural Health Commissioner 2017–present
- Wine Australia 2017–present
- Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry 2017–2019
- Regional Investment Corporation 2018–present
- National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation 2018–2023
- Australian Space Agency 2018–present
- National Office for Child Safety 2018–present
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 2018–present
- Office of the National Data Commissioner 2018–present
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety 2018–2021
- Office of National Intelligence 2018–present
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 2019–present
- Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation 2019–present
- North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency 2019
- Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability 2019–2023
Other bodies ended (17)
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- Office of National Assessments 1978–2018
- Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board 1991–2017
- Indigenous Land Corporation 1995–2019
- Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys 1998–2017
- Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee 2002–2018
- CERT Australia 2010–2018
- Australian Astronomical Observatory 2010–2018
- Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate 2012–2016
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse 2013–2017
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency 2014–2019
- Australian Grape and Wine Authority 2014–2017
- Children's eSafety Commissioner 2015–2017
- Digital Transformation Office 2015–2016
- Aged Care Complaints Commissioner 2016–2019
- Royal Commission into the Child Protection and Youth Detention Systems of the Government of the Northern Territory 2016–2017
- ASC Shipbuilding Pty Ltd 2017–2018
- Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry 2017–2019
Administrative Arrangements Orders made
- Order of 1 September 2016 · Federal Register of Legislation
- Order of 19 April 2018 · Federal Register of Legislation
- Order of 4 April 2019 · Federal Register of Legislation
Every change (38)
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2019
- Department of Social Services functions transferred to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
1 July 2018
- CERT Australia absorbed into Australian Cyber Security Centre
- Australian Astronomical Observatory functions transferred to Australian National University
- Department of Industry, Innovation and Science part split off to form Australian Space Agency
- Department of Social Services part split off to form NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency part split off to form NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
July 2018
- Department of Social Services part split off to form National Office for Child Safety
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet part split off to form Office of the National Data Commissioner
21 February 2018
- Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee functions transferred to Department of the Treasury
2018
- Department of Agriculture and Water Resources part split off to form Regional Investment Corporation
20 December 2017
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection renamed to Department of Home Affairs
- Attorney-General's Department part split off to form Department of Home Affairs
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet part split off to form Department of Home Affairs
- Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development part split off to form Department of Home Affairs
- Department of Social Services part split off to form Department of Home Affairs
- Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development renamed to Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet part split off to form Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities
- Department of Employment renamed to Department of Jobs and Small Business
- Department of the Treasury part split off to form Department of Jobs and Small Business
1 July 2017
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet part split off to form Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency
1 May 2017
- Fair Work Commission part split off to form Registered Organisations Commission
3 April 2017
- Department of Finance part split off to form Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority
March 2017
- ASC Pty Ltd part split off to form Australian Naval Infrastructure Pty Ltd
2017
- ASC Pty Ltd part split off to form ASC Shipbuilding Pty Ltd
- Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development part split off to form WSA Co Limited
1 November 2016
- Digital Transformation Office renamed to Digital Transformation Agency
- Department of Finance functions transferred to Digital Transformation Agency