Administrative Arrangements Orders
Administrative Arrangements Orders (AAOs) formally allocate executive responsibility among ministers. They set out which matters and legislation are administered by which department or portfolio. AAOs are re-issued or amended to take into account changes in the structure of government.
The following AAOs are listed by the date on which they were ordered by the Governer-General (on the advice of the Prime Minister).
1901 to 11 December 1906
Unlike the AAOs from 11 December 1906, these earlier arrangements were not listed in the Commonwealth Gazette.
Date of signing by the Governor-General
- 1901 – transcription only (pdf, 191kb) – digitised copies are available at Barton papers
- 3 February 1905 (pdf, 30kb)
- 1 June 1906 (pdf, 39kb)
- 13 July 1906 (pdf, 91kb)
11 December 1906 to 1964
Date of signing by the Governor-General
- 11 December 1906 (pdf, 98kb)
- 4 April 1912 (pdf, 194kb)
- 22 September 1915 (pdf, 129kb)
- 20 December 1916 (pdf, 132kb)
- 17 July 1918 (pdf, 156kb)
- 14 March 1923 (pdf, 122kb)
- 24 June 1925 (pdf, 174kb)
- 13 August 1925 (pdf, 49kb)
- 3 November 1925 (pdf, 53kb)
- 11 December 1928 (pdf, 232kb)
- 21 April 1930 (pdf, 56kb)
- 27 August 1930 (pdf, 51kb)
- 13 April 1932 (pdf, 490kb)
- 13 August 1936 (pdf, 372kb)
- 4 April 1939 (pdf, 384kb)
- 2 August 1939 (pdf, 74kb)
- 29 November 1939 (pdf, 380kb)
- 28 October 1940 (pdf, 141kb)
- 22 April 1941 (pdf, 49kb)
- 26 June 1941 (pdf, 57kb)
- 22 December 1942 (pdf, 91kb)
- 23 March 1943 (pdf, 91kb)
- 9 March 1944 (pdf, 51kb)
- 13 July 1945 (pdf, 69kb)
- 19 July 1945 (pdf, 225kb)
- 25 July 1945 (pdf, 90kb)
- 27 August 1945 (pdf, 67kb)
- 12 September 1945 (pdf, 95kb)
- 1 February 1946 (pdf, 70kb)
- 12 December 1946 (pdf, 1.45mb)
- 12 March 1947 (pdf, 844kb)
- 1 April 1947 (pdf, 861kb)
- 16 April 1947 (pdf, 69kb)
- 15 October 1947 (pdf, 63kb)
- 23 April 1958 (pdf, 358kb)
- 7 May 1948 (pdf, 104kb)
- 11 May 1949 (pdf, 54kb)
- 29 June 1949 (pdf, 77kb)
- 13 July 1949 (pdf, 84kb)
- 21 July 1949 (pdf, 87kb)
- 4 August 1949 (pdf, 62kb)
- 11 January 1950 (pdf, 67kb)
- 9 March 1950 (pdf, 165kb)
- 24 August 1950 (pdf, 80kb)
- 16 November 1950 (pdf, 1.67mb)
- 4 January 1951 (pdf, 100kb)
- 21 June 1951 (pdf, 797kb)
- 13 June 1952 (pdf, 74kb)
- 23 November 1954 (pdf, 49kb)
- 11 January 1956 (pdf, 121kb)
- 22 April 1956 (pdf, 49kb)
- 13 August 1956 (pdf, 74kb)
- 23 April 1958 (pdf, 58kb)
- 13 April 1959 (pdf, 447kb)
- 17 March 1961 (pdf, 523kb)
- 14 February 1962 (pdf, 561kb)
- 17 December 1963 (pdf, 102kb)
- 16 January 1964 (pdf, 378kb)
- 19 March 1964 (pdf, 345kb)
- 4 May 1964 (pdf, 64kb)
1964 to 1978
Date of signing by the Governor-General
- 2 July 1964 (pdf, 60kb)
- 8 January 1965 (pdf, 364kb)
- 4 November 1965 (pdf, 455kb)
- 13 December 1966 (pdf, 56kb)
- 9 March 1967 (pdf, 583kb)
- 28 February 1968 (pdf, 113kb)
- 11 March 1968 (pdf, 119kb)
- 16 May 1968 (pdf, 931kb)
- 7 June 1968 (pdf, 149kb)
- 19 December 1968 (pdf, 124kb)
- 16 April 1970 (pdf, 913kb)
- 6 November 1970 (pdf, 107kb)
- 18 January 1971 (pdf, 1.1mb)
- 12 March 1971 (pdf, 517kb)
- 1 February 1972 (pdf, 55kb)
- 6 March 1972 (pdf, 483kb)
- 14 July 1972 (pdf, 42kb)
- 17 July 1972 (pdf, 19kb)
- 20 October 1972 (pdf, 116kb)
- 9 November 1972 (pdf, 24kb) – gazetted 10 November 1972
- 9 November 1972 (pdf, 23kb) – gazetted 14 November 1972
- 19 December 1972 (pdf, 2mb)
- 20 December 1972 (pdf, 332kb)
- 5 March 1973 (pdf, 64kb) – comparison table
- 5 March 1973 (pdf, 109kb) – gazetted 5 March 1973
- 9 October 1973 (pdf, 73kb)
- 19 November 1973 (pdf, 683kb) – includes comparison table
- 4 December 1973 (pdf, 66kb)
- 12 June 1974 (pdf, 1.2mb)
- 1 October 1974 (pdf, 5.1mb)
- 11 December 1974 (pdf, 443.kb)
- 8 February 1975 (pdf, 3.2mb)
- 28 February 1975 (pdf, 171kb)
- 4 March 1975 (pdf, 155kb)
- 27 March 1975 (pdf, 1mb)
- 21 April 1975 (pdf, 985kb)
- 6 June 1975 (pdf, 1.2mb)
- 1 July 1975 (pdf, 5.3mb)
- 26 September 1975 (pdf, 193kb)
- 7 October 1975 (pdf, 180kb)
- 14 October 1975 (pdf, 1.3mb)
- 14 October 1975 (pdf, 116kb)
- 30 October 1975 (pdf, 124kb)
- 14 November 1975 (pdf, 116kb)
- 22 December 1975 (pdf, 10.6mb)
- 5 October 1976 (pdf, 5.3mb)
- 8 November 1976 (pdf, 798kb)
- 7 December 1976 (pdf, 4mb)
- 16 December 1976 (pdf, 220kb)
- 5 September 1977 (pdf, 5.3mb)
- 20 December 1977 (pdf, 6.5mb)
- 23 February 1978 (pdf, 745kb)
- 28 September 1978 (pdf, 1.9mb)
- 5 December 1978 (pdf, 709kb)
1979 to 2008
Date of signing by the Governor-General
- 21 February 1979 (pdf, 3.8mb)
- 11 September 1979 (pdf, 1.2mb)
- 7 November 1979 (pdf, 36kb)
- 8 December 1979 (pdf, 734kb)
- 3 September 1980 (pdf, 1.8mb)
- 3 November 1980 (pdf, 4.9mb)
- 21 December 1981 (pdf, 3.6mb)
- 7 May 1982 (pdf, 6mb)
- 11 March 1983 (pdf, 8.1mb)
- 16 March 1983 (pdf, 74kb)
- 1 July 1983 (3.7mb)
- 1 March 1984 (pdf, 1.8mb)
- 27 June 1984 (pdf, 2.5mb)
- 13 December 1984 (pdf, 30kb)
- 30 July 1985 (pdf, 2.6mb)
- 12 December 1985 (pdf, 30kb)
- 30 January 1986 (pdf, 2mb)
- 22 May 1986 (pdf, 66kb)
- 30 January 1987 (pdf, 2.8mb)
- 24 July 1987 (pdf, 1.6mb)
- 3 March 1988 (pdf, 2.4mb)
- 13 March 1989 (pdf, 9.5mb)
- 27 June 1990 (pdf, 1.4mb)
- 7 June 1991 (pdf, 1.6mb)
- 29 October 1991 (pdf, 77kb)
- 27 December 1991 (pdf, 50kb)
- 31 January 1992 (pdf, 1.2mb)
- 30 June 1992 (pdf, 55kb)
- 15 December 1993 (pdf, 1mb)
- 30 January 1994 (pdf, 377kb)
- 25 March 1994 (pdf, 420kb)
- 1 June 1994 (pdf, 1.3mb)
- 11 March 1996 (pdf, 707kb)
- 23 April 1996 (pdf, 100kb)
- 19 October 1997 (pdf, 306kb)
- 17 December 1998 (pdf, 181kb)
- 18 June 1998 (pdf, 306kb)
- 21 October 1998 (pdf, 2.2mb)
- 30 April 1999 (pdf, 24kb)
- 30 January 2001 (pdf, 82kb)
- 22 February 2001 (pdf, 28kb)
- 13 September 2001 (pdf, 6.4mb)
- 26 November 2001 (pdf, 988kb)
- 18 December 2003 (pdf, 4.7mb)
- 24 June 2004 (pdf, 348kb)
- 21 July 2004 (pdf, 150kb)
- 26 October 2004 (pdf, 7.1mb)
- 16 December 2004 (pdf, 212kb)
- 21 July 2005 (pdf, 150kb)
- 27 January 2006 (pdf, 991kb)
- 21 September 2006 (pdf, 176kb)
- 30 January 2007 (pdf, 412kb)
- 3 December 2007 (pdf, 175kb)
- 30 January 2007 (pdf, 412kb)
- 25 January 2008 (pdf, 186kb)
- 25 January 2008 (pdf, 186kb) amended 1 May 2008
