Australia Day 2025 Honours
Congratulations to the recipients in the Australia Day 2025 Honours List, who were announced today by the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC.
The achievements of 732 Australians – across community service, science and research, industry, sport, the arts and more – were recognised in the Honours List, and includes:
Gender Balance on Australian Government Boards – 2023-24 Annual Report
Each year, the Office for Women reports annually on the representation of women on Australian Government Boards.
Record results have been achieved in 2023-24. Data is presented at Australian Government, portfolio, and individual board levels, and performance is measured against 2 key targets:
Instruments of appointment of ministers of state: 20 January 2025
Revocation of appointments of ministers of state: 20 January 2025
REVOCATION OF APPOINTMENTS OF MINISTERS OF STATE
I, SAM MOSTYN AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, pursuant to sections 64 and 65 of the Constitution, hereby revoke the appointments of:
Ministerial offices, departments of state and guide to responsibilities: 20 January 2025
20 January 2025
Names of Cabinet ministers are shown in bold. Names of Assistant Ministers are shown in italics.
Ministry list as at 20 January 2025
Each box represents a portfolio. As a general rule, there is one department in each portfolio. However, there can be two departments in one portfolio.
Cabinet Ministers are shown in bold type. Assistant Ministers in italics are designated as Parliamentary Secretaries under the Ministers of State Act 1952.
Search Australian honours and awards recipients
The It’s an Honour website allows users to search and learn more about recipients of Australian honours and awards who have agreed to have their record publicly displayed.
The Australian honours search facility has recently been updated to allow for a better user experience.
Australian Government Response to the Independent Review of Commonwealth funding for strategic policy work
Introduction
Australia is facing some of its greatest strategic challenges of the last 70 years. Departments and agencies need to engage with the strategic policy sector where practical and necessary to do so. The government acknowledges the work undertaken across the strategic policy sector to strengthen national security through high-quality research, and encourages it to promote discourse on national security policy and address the challenges of maintaining peace and prosperity in our region, as well as globally.