Australia/Minister/Environment
 Australia/Minister/Environment  (Minister/Environment) | |
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 WEF/YGL Greg Hunt, who later implemented the Covid deep event as Minister of Health, earlier had a stint as Minister for the Environment. | |
| The Australian minister of the environment |
The Australian Minister for the Environment and Water is a position in the Australian government. Australia also has a Minister for Climate Change and Energy in the same department.
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Official responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the protection and conservation of the environment; to ensure that Australia benefits from meteorological and related sciences and services; and to see that Australia's interests in Antarctica are advanced. The minister provides direction and oversight of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (previously the Department of the Environment and Energy, and before that the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) to develop and implement national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage.
Portfolio responsibilities
The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and its environment component bodies, including[1]:
- Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee
- Antarctic Ethics Committee (Human Experimentation)
- Antarctic Research Assessment Committees (ARACs)
- Antarctic Science Advisory Committee
- Australia-Netherlands Committee on Old Dutch Shipwrecks
- Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee
- Australian Heritage Council
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Environment Protection and Heritage Council
- Great Barrier Reef Consultative Committee
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Council
- Great Barrier Reef Structural Adjustment Package Technical Advisory Committee
- Hazardous Waste Technical Group
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- National Environment Protection Council
- National Environmental Education Council
- New South Wales World Heritage Properties Ministerial Council
- Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
- Science Program Management Committee
- State of the Environment Committee 2006
- Stockholm Intergovernmental Forum
- Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Ministerial Council
- Threatened Species Scientific Committee
- Wet Tropics Ministerial Council
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Hunt | 18 September 2013 | 19 July 2016 |
| Robert M. Hill | 11 March 1996 | 12 November 2001 |
| John Faulkner | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 |
