Department of the Environment (Australia)

The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities ( DSEWPaC ) ( German: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and community manager ) was on 14 September 2010 from the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts ( DEWHA ) ( German: Ministry of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts) in Australia converted the.

Since September 2010, Tony Burke leads this new ministry, who took it from Peter Garrett. The State Secretary of the Ministry, which is located in Canberra, is Don Farrell and the ministerial secretary Robyn Kruk.

Tasks

This Ministry has the task of developing a national policy, policy and legislative proposals on environmental protection and conservation. Moreover, it is concerned with the meteorological observation and weather forecast as well as to protect the interests of the Australian Antarctic Territory, the Australian Antarctic Territory. It also administers the area of ​​the Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk and Christmas Island Iceland.

The Ministry is under the Bureau of Meteorology, the Director of National Parks, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, National Water Commission and the Murray -Darling Basin Authority. Authorities of that Ministry, Australian Antarctic Division, Supervising Scientist Division, Heritage Division, Parks Australia, Policy and Communications, Australian Wildlife, Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, Australian Land and Coasts and other authorities and agencies.

It is for the Natural Heritage Trust and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is responsible.