Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Department overview
Formed	14 September 2010
Preceding Department	Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Dissolved	18 September 2013
Superseding agency	Department of the Environment (III)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Employees	2,871 (April 2013)
Department executives	Robyn Kruk, Secretary (2010‑11) Paul Grimes, Secretary (2011‑13)
Website	environment.gov.au

The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities was an Australian government department that existed between September 2010 and September 2013.

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

At its creation, the Department was responsible for:

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

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