Formed 19 July 2016 | ||
Preceding Department Department of the Environment Department executive Dr Gordon de Brouwer, Secretary |
The Department of the Environment and Energy is an Australian government department.
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The Department is responsible for matters including environment protection and conservation of biodiversity as well as energy policy. It was established in July 2016 by the Turnbull Government after the 2016 federal election.
Scope
The Administrative Arrangements Orders list the department's responsibilities as follows:
Structure
The department is an Australian Public Service department. The head of the department is its Secretary, Dr Gordon de Brouwer PSM, responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Energy, the Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP.
References
Department of the Environment and Energy Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA