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Department of Environment and Conservation (Australia)

Department of Environment and Conservation
Department overview
Formed 19 December 1972
Preceding Department
Dissolved 21 April 1975
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Canberra
Minister responsible
  • Moss Cass, Minister
Department executives

The Department of Environment and Conservation was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and April 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.

The Department was abolished in April 1975, to be replaced by the Department of the Environment. At the time, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam said that the reason for the re‑badging was that the name 'Department of Environment and Conservation' suggested that conservation was a separate matter from the environment, whereas it was in fact a major component of the Government's total environment program.

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order issued 19 December 1972, at its creation, the Department was responsible for activities related to:

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Environment and Conservation.


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