Formed 27 March 1975 | Dissolved 22 December 1975 | |
Preceding Department Department of Customs and Excise - for Customs and Excise
Attorney-General's Department - for Police Forces of the NT, ACT and Norfolk Island and for matters arising under the Commonwealth Police Act Superseding agency Department of the Capital Territory - for ACT policing
Department of Administrative Services (II) - for Commonwealth and Norfolk Island policing
Department of the Northern Territory (II) - for NT policing
Department of Business and Consumer Affairs - for Customs and Excise Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia Ministers responsible Kep Enderby, Minister (Mar‑Jun 1975)
Jim Cavanagh, Minister (Jun‑Nov 1975)
Ivor Greenwood, Minister (Nov‑Dec 1975) | ||
The Department of Police and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between March and December 1975.
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History
The department was established while the Whitlam Government was in power. Shortly after the Fraser Government took office in November 1975, following the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, the Department was abolished.
Scope
Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.
At its creation, the Department's functions were:
Structure
The department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Police and Customs. The Secretary of the department was Alan Carmody.