Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
DAWE
1 February 2020 – 1 July 2022
Previously Department of Agriculture (2019–2020). Renamed Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in 2022.
Department of State that combined agriculture, fisheries, forestry and biosecurity with water policy and the Commonwealth's environment, heritage and Antarctic responsibilities.
Names over time
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry1998–2013
- Department of Agriculture2013–2015
- Department of Agriculture and Water Resources2015–2019
- Department of Agriculture2019–2020
- Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment2020–2022
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry2022–present
How it came into existence
Created on 1 February 2020 under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019, when the Department of Agriculture was renamed and took over the environment, heritage, national parks, Antarctic and meteorology functions of the abolished Department of the Environment and Energy (whose energy and emissions reduction functions went to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources).
- Agriculture, fisheries and forestry
- Biosecurity and export certification
- Water resources policy
- Environment protection and biodiversity conservation
- Heritage
- Australian Antarctic Division
- Parks Australia
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Great Barrier Reef and marine environment
How it ended
On 1 July 2022, under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022, it was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and its environment, heritage, water and Antarctic functions went to the new Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
- Agriculture, fisheries and forestry
- Biosecurity
- Export certification
- Part split off to form Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water · 1 July 2022
- Environment protection and biodiversity conservation
- Heritage
- Water policy and the Murray–Darling Basin
- Australian Antarctic program
- Parks Australia
- Bureau of Meteorology
Main functions
- Agricultural, fisheries and forestry policy
- Biosecurity and export certification
- Water policy and the Murray–Darling Basin
- Environment protection and biodiversity conservation (EPBC Act)
- Heritage protection
- Australian Antarctic program
- National parks (Parks Australia)
- Portfolio oversight of the Bureau of Meteorology
Bodies in this portfolio (1)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019, as amended to 2 April 2020 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 June 2022 (took effect as it ended)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022 (took effect as it ended)
1 more Administrative Arrangements Order sets it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 March 2021 (sets it out)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 31 March 2020 to 31 March 2022)