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Formed | 30 January 2007 |
Preceding Department | |
Dissolved | 3 December 2007 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
Headquarters | Canberra |
Minister responsible |
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Department executive |
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Website | environment.gov.au |
The Department of the Environment and Water Resources was an Australian government department that existed between January 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 Water Resources, Malcolm Turnbull. The Secretary of the Department was David Borthwick.