Minister for the Environment (Australia)
| Minister for the Environment | |
|---|---|
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | Peter Howson |
| Formation | 10 March 1971 |
| Website | www |
The Australian Minister for the Environment is the Hon. Greg Hunt MP since 18 September 2013.
The Minister for Cities and the Built Environment is currently vacant, following the resignation of the Hon Jamie Briggs MP , on 29 December 2015.[1][2]
In the Government of Australia, the minister and parliamentary secretary are 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 the Environment (previously 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.
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Portfolio responsibilities
The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of the Environment and its component bodies, including:
- 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
List of Environment Ministers
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water, or any precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Howson | Liberal | McMahon | Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
| 2 | Gough Whitlam1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||
| 3 | Moss Cass | Minister for the Environment and Conservation | 19 December 1972 | 21 April 1975 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| Minister for the Environment | 21 April 1975 | 6 June 1975 | ||||||
| 4 | Jim Cairns | 6 June 1975 | 2 July 1975 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||||
| n/a | Gough Whitlam | 2 July 1975 | 14 July 1975 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||||
| 5 | Joe Berinson | 14 July 1975 | 11 November 1975 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||||
| 6 | Andrew Peacock | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||
| 7 | Ivor Greenwood | Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development | 22 December 1975 | 8 July 1976 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | |||
| 8 | Kevin Newman | 8 July 1976 | 20 December 1977 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| 9 | Ray Groom | 20 December 1977 | 5 December 1978 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||||
| 10 | James Webster | Minister for Science and the Environment | 5 December 1978 | 8 December 1979 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| 11 | David Thomson | 8 December 1979 | 3 November 1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||||
| 12 | Robert Ellicott | Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment | 3 November 1980 | 17 February 1981 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | |||
| 13 | Michael MacKellar | 17 February 1981 | 19 March 1981 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||||
| 14 | Ian Wilson | 19 March 1981 | 7 May 1982 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| 15 | Tom McVeigh | National Country | 7 May 1982 | 16 October 1982 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | |||
| National | 16 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | ||||||
| 16 | Barry Cohen | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||
| Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | ||||||
| 17 | John Brown | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | 24 July 1987 | 18 December 1987 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | |||
| 18 | Graham Richardson | 19 January 1988 | 4 April 1990 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| 19 | Ros Kelly | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| Keating | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | |||||
| Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | 24 March 1993 | 1 March 1994 | ||||||
| n/a | Graham Richardson | 1 March 1994 | 25 March 1994 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||||
| 20 | John Faulkner | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| 21 | Robert Hill | Liberal | Howard | Minister for the Environment | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
| 22 | Minister for the Environment and Heritage | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | |||||
| 23 | David Kemp | 26 November 2001 | 26 October 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| 24 | Ian Campbell | 26 October 2004 | 30 January 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
| 25 | Malcolm Turnbull | Minister for the Environment and Water Resources | 30 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | |||
| 26 | Peter Garrett | Labor | Rudd | Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts | 3 December 2007 | 8 March 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
| Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts | 8 March 2010 | 24 June 2010 | ||||||
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
| 27 | Tony Burke | Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | 14 September 2010 | 1 July 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| 28 | Mark Butler | Rudd | Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||
| 29 | Greg Hunt | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for the Environment | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | Incumbent | ||||||
Notes
- 1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.
List of Ministers for Climate Change
The Minister for Climate Change was responsible for developing climate change (global warming) solutions, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, and promoting energy efficiency. The following individuals have been appointed to the post, or any of its precursor titles:[4][5]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penny Wong | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Climate Change and Water | 3 December 2007 | 10 March 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
| Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water | 10 March 2010 | 24 June 2010 | ||||||
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 15 September 2010 | ||||||
| 2 | Greg Combet | Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency | 15 September 2010 | 1 July 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
| 3 | Mark Butler | Rudd | Minister for Climate Change | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | ||
Minister for Sustainable Population
The Minister for Sustainable Population was a ministerial portfolio administered through the Department of the Treasury responsible for "planning properly for the infrastructure needs, for the housing needs, for the transport needs, for the regional needs" of the Australian population of the future.[6] Originally entitled the Minister for Population by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, his successor, Julia Gillard, renamed the portfolio to the Minister for Sustainable Population to reflect her policy changes on the matter of population growth and the need for a sustainable future for Australia, saying the change sends a clear message about the new direction the Government is taking.[7] After the 2010 federal election, the portfolio was subsumed by the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities portfolio.[8]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Burke | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Population | 14 April 2010 | 28 June 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
| Gillard | Minister for Sustainable Population | 28 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | |||||
| Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | 14 September 2010 | 1 July 2013 | ||||||
Minister for Cities and the Built Environment
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Briggs | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Cities and the Built Environment | 21 September 2015 | 29 December 2015 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | |
References
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