Department of the Environment and Energy
19 July 2016 – 1 February 2020
Previously Department of the Environment (2013–2016).
Department of State responsible for environment and heritage, climate change policy and emissions reduction, energy policy, energy markets and energy security, and the Antarctic program.
Names over time
- Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories1987–1991
- Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories1991–1993
- Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories1993–1997
- Department of the Environment1997–1998
- Department of the Environment and Heritage1998–2007
- Department of the Environment and Water Resources2007
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts2007–2010
- Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities2010–2013
- Department of the Environment2013–2016
- Department of the Environment and Energy2016–2020
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 19 July 2016, after the 2016 election, when the Department of the Environment was renamed on taking energy policy from the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Josh Frydenberg became Minister for the Environment and Energy.
- Environment protection
- Heritage
- Climate change
- Antarctica
- Energy policy
- Energy markets and energy security
How it ended
Abolished on 1 February 2020: environment and heritage went to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, and energy and emissions reduction to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.
- Environment protection and biodiversity conservation
- Heritage
- Australian Antarctic Division
- Parks Australia
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Great Barrier Reef and marine environment
- Energy policy
- Emissions reduction and climate change policy
- Clean energy agencies (Clean Energy Regulator, ARENA, Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Climate Change Authority)
Main functions
- Environment protection and biodiversity conservation (EPBC Act)
- Heritage
- Climate change policy and emissions reduction
- Energy policy, energy markets and energy security
- Energy efficiency and renewable energy programs
- Australian Antarctic program
- Commonwealth national parks and marine parks
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 30 September 2015, as amended to 19 July 2016 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019 (took effect as it ended)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 5 December 2019, as amended to 2 April 2020 (took effect as it ended)
8 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 September 2016 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 September 2016, as amended to 27 October 2016 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 September 2016, as amended to 13 April 2017 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 19 April 2018 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 19 April 2018, as amended to 28 August 2018 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 4 April 2019 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 29 May 2019 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 29 May 2019, as amended to 1 September 2019 (sets it out)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 12 September 2016 to 31 December 2019)