Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Australia)
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| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 18 September 2013 |
| Preceding Department | |
| Dissolved | 19 July 2016 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Type | Department |
| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Headquarters | John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600, Canberra, Australia |
| Motto | "to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage" |
| Annual budget | $460 million in 2013–14 |
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| Department executive | |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes | |
The Australian Department of the Environment was a department of the Government of Australia that existed between September 2013 and July 2016. The department was charged with responsibility for developing and implementing national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage.
The department was an Australian Public Service Department of State in the environment portfolio, under the Public Service Act 1999.
The head of the department was its Secretary, Dr Gordon de Brouwer PSM, responsible to the Minister for the Environment, the Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP.
The department was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013. It absorbed the responsibilities of the former Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSWEPaC) and climate change from the former Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.
The department was dissolved in July 2016 and its functions, along with energy policy functions, were moved to the newly established Department of the Environment and Energy.
From when it was established in September 2013 to when it was dissolved in July 2016 the department faced significant cuts (25 per cent cut from the organisation's budget over four years), in line with the Coalition Government's environmental deregulation policies.
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