Territories Minister
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Smaller Portfolio For
Australia's Minister for Territories for the past four years, Mr, C. E.
Barnes, has a smaller portfolio follow ing a Cabinet reshuffle by the new Australian Prime Minister, Mr. J. G.
Gorton, in late February.
Mr. Barnes' new portfolio does not include the Northern Territory, which has been transferred to the Minister for the Interior, Mr. P. J. Nixon. Mr.
Barnes is thus now responsible only for the external territories of Papua- New Guinea, Norfolk Island, Cocos Island and Christmas Island. As a result, the name of his department has been changed from Territories to External Territories —as it was before May, 1951, when the Northern Terri tory (formerly administered by the Department of Interior) was placed under the control of Mr. Paul Hasluck as Territories Minister.