Minister for Defence (Australia)

The Australian Minister for Defence is Senator the Honourable David Johnston.

The Australian Assistant Minister for Defence and the Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC is the Honourable Stuart Robert.

The ministers administers the portfolio through the Australian Defence Organisation, which comprises the Department of Defence, the Australian Defence Force, the Defence Materiel Organisation, the Australian Defence Force Academy, and a range of other agencies.

Defence ministries
Over the years there have been a number of ministries with a variety of names involved the defence portfolio; in the period November 1939 to April 1942, there was no position named "Minister of Defence".

Previous governments have included ministers with titles using one or more of the following:

List of Ministers for Defence
There was a Minister for Defence from 1 January 1901 until 13 November 1939, with the exception of two small breaks. The separate titles of Minister for the Navy, Minister for the Army, and Minister for the Air were abolished in the second Whitlam Ministry on 30 November 1973, when the separate departments of Navy, Army and Air were also abolished. There had also been a separate Navy portfolio between 1915 and 1921.

The following have served as Minister for Defence:

List of Assistant Ministers for Defence
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Defence:

Ministers for the Navy
The following served as Minister for the Navy:

Ministers for the Army
The following served as Minister for the Army:

Ministers for Air
The following served as Minister for Air: