| Agency Name: | Department of Police and Customs |
| Formed: | 27 March 1975 |
| Preceding1: | 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 |
| Dissolved: | 22 December 1975 |
| Superseding: | 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 |
| Type: | Department |
| Minister1 Name: | Kep Enderby |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Minister (Mar – Jun 1975) |
| Minister2 Name: | Jim Cavanagh |
| Minister2 Pfo: | Minister (Jun – Nov 1975) |
| Minister3 Name: | Ivor Greenwood |
| Minister3 Pfo: | Minister (Nov – Dec 1975) |
| Chief1 Name: | Alan Carmody |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
The Department of Police and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between March and December 1975.
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.[1]
Information about the department's functions and 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:
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.