The Australian
Minister for Home Affairs was a ministerial portfolio that existed continuously from 1901 to 12 April 1932, when
Archdale Parkhill became
Minister for the Interior in the
first Lyons Ministry—subsuming his portfolios of
Home Affairs and
Transport. The
Home Affairs or
Interior portfolio was responsible for various internal matters, not handled by other ministries. In due course other portfolios were established that took over functions from it, including: