| Agency Name: | Department of the Special Minister of State |
| Formed: | 19 December 1972 |
| Preceding1: | Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts – for electoral activities, overseas visits, government gazette |
| Dissolved: | 22 December 1975 |
| Superseding: | Department of Health (I) – for health services on Christmas and Cocos Islands Department of Business and Consumer Affairs – for industries assistance and prices justification Department of Administrative Services (II) Department of Education (I) – for education on Christmas and Cocos Islands |
| Type: | Department |
| Jurisdiction: | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Minister1 Name: | Don Willesee |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Minister (1972–1973) |
| Minister2 Name: | Lionel Bowen |
| Minister2 Pfo: | Minister (1973–1975) |
| Minister3 Name: | Doug McClelland |
| Minister3 Pfo: | Minister (1975) |
| Minister4 Name: | Reg Withers |
| Minister4 Pfo: | Minister (1975) |
| Chief1 Name: | John Bunting |
| Chief1 Position: | Acting Secretary (1972–1973) |
| Chief2 Name: | Peter Lawler |
| Chief2 Position: | Secretary (1973–1975) |
The Department of the Special Minister of State was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and December 1975.
The Department was one of several new Departments established by the Whitlam government, a wide restructuring that revealed some of the new government's program.
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.
The functions of the Department at its creation were:
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Special Minister of State.