46th Parliament
Elected 18 May 2019 · first met 2 July 2019 · dissolved 11 April 2022
The changes below took effect from its election on 18 May 2019 to 20 May 2022, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Scott Morrison (Liberal)
Changes
48
15 renamed from7 merged from1 absorbed15 split from6 took over functions from4 replaced
Departments of State
9 / 13
created / abolished
Other bodies
30 / 19
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
3
made in the period
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 1 February 2020, when 11 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)
- COVID-19 pandemic · 18 March 2020 to 17 April 2022 · The human biosecurity emergency period declared under the Biosecurity Act 2015. (Pandemic or economic crisis)
Departments of State created (9)
- Department of Agriculture 2019–2020
- Department of Education 2019–2020
- Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 2019–2020
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 2019–2020
- Services Australia 2019–2020
- Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 2020–2022
- Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2020–2022
- Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 2020–2022
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 2020–2022
Departments of State abolished (13)
- Department of Human Services 2004–2019
- Department of Education and Training 2014–2019
- Department of Agriculture and Water Resources 2015–2019
- Department of Communications and the Arts 2015–2020
- Department of Industry, Innovation and Science 2015–2020
- Department of the Environment and Energy 2016–2020
- Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities 2017–2019
- Department of Jobs and Small Business 2017–2019
- Department of Agriculture 2019–2020
- Department of Education 2019–2020
- Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 2019–2020
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development 2019–2020
- Services Australia 2019–2020
Other bodies created (30)
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- National Faster Rail Agency 2019–2023
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 2019–present
- Office of Road Safety 2019–present
- Interim Inspector-General of Murray-Darling Basin Water Resources 2019–2021
- National Water Grid Authority 2019–present
- Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports 2019–2023
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency 2019–2021
- Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research 2020–present
- National Bushfire Recovery Agency 2020–2021
- National Foundation for Australia-China Relations 2020–present
- Services Australia 2020–present
- Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements 2020
- National Sports Tribunal 2020–present
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme 2020–present
- Australian Radioactive Waste Agency 2020–present
- National Skills Commission 2020–2022
- Sport Integrity Australia 2020–present
- Australian Climate Service 2021–present
- Financial Regulator Assessment Authority 2021–present
- Office of the Special Investigator 2021–present
- Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner 2021–present
- National Recovery and Resilience Agency 2021–2022
- Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide 2021–2024
- Inspector-General of Water Compliance 2021–present
- Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia 2021–present
- Industry Innovation and Science Australia 2021–present
- Nuclear-Powered Submarine Taskforce 2021–2023
- National Disability Insurance Agency 2022–present
- Northern Territory Aboriginal Investment Corporation 2022–present
- National Intermodal Corporation Limited 2022–present
Other bodies ended (19)
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- Family Court of Australia 1976–2021
- Australia-China Council 1978–2020
- National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme 1990–2020
- Superannuation Complaints Tribunal 1994–2020
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority 2006–2020
- National Integrity of Sport Unit 2012–2020
- Moorebank Intermodal Company Limited 2012–2022
- Federal Circuit Court of Australia 2013–2021
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency 2013–2022
- National Wind Farm Commissioner 2015–2021
- Bureau of Communications and Arts Research 2016–2020
- Innovation and Science Australia 2016–2021
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 2017–2021
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety 2018–2021
- North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency 2019
- Interim Inspector-General of Murray-Darling Basin Water Resources 2019–2021
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency 2019–2021
- National Bushfire Recovery Agency 2020–2021
- Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements 2020
Administrative Arrangements Orders made
- Order of 29 May 2019 · Federal Register of Legislation
- Order of 5 December 2019 · Federal Register of Legislation
- Order of 18 March 2021 · Federal Register of Legislation
Every change (48)
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16 September 2021
- Department of Defence part split off to form Nuclear-Powered Submarine Taskforce
15 April 2021
- Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources functions transferred to Department of the Treasury
1 July 2020
- National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme replaced by Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme
- Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources part split off to form Australian Radioactive Waste Agency
- Department of Education, Skills and Employment part split off to form National Skills Commission
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority merged into Sport Integrity Australia
- National Integrity of Sport Unit merged into Sport Integrity Australia
- Australian Sports Commission part split off to form Sport Integrity Australia
1 February 2020
- Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business functions transferred to Attorney-General's Department
- Department of Agriculture renamed to Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
- Department of the Environment and Energy part split off to form Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
- Department of Education renamed to Department of Education, Skills and Employment
- Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business part split off to form Department of Education, Skills and Employment
- Department of Industry, Innovation and Science renamed to Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
- Department of the Environment and Energy part split off to form Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
- Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business part split off to form Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development renamed to Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
- Department of Communications and the Arts merged into Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
- Services Australia replaced by Services Australia
1 January 2020
- Department of Health functions transferred to Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
2020
- Bureau of Communications and Arts Research renamed to Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research
- Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics functions transferred to Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research
- Australia-China Council replaced by National Foundation for Australia-China Relations
1 July 2019
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development part split off to form National Faster Rail Agency
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet part split off to form National Indigenous Australians Agency
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development part split off to form Office of Road Safety
29 May 2019
- Department of Agriculture and Water Resources renamed to Department of Agriculture
- Department of Education and Training renamed to Department of Education
- Department of Jobs and Small Business renamed to Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
- Department of Education and Training part split off to form Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
- Department of Social Services functions transferred to Department of Home Affairs
- Department of Education and Training functions transferred to Department of Home Affairs
- Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities renamed to Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
- Department of Human Services renamed to Services Australia