Department of the Environment and Heritage

Department of the Environment and Heritage

Department overview
Formed	21 October 1998
Preceding Department	Department of the Environment (II) Department of Communications and the Arts
Dissolved	30 January 2007
Superseding agency	Department of the Environment and Water Resources
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Robert Hill, Minister (1998‑2001) David Kemp, Minister (2001‑04) Ian Campbell, Minister (2004‑07)
Department executives	Roger Beale, Secretary (1998‑2004) David Borthwick, Secretary (2004‑07)

The Department of the Environment and Heritage was an Australian government department that existed between October 1998 and December 2007.

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 the Environment and Heritage. The Department was headed by a Secretary, initially Roger Beale (until early 2004) and then David Borthwick.

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