- Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Australia)
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Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Style The Honourable Appointer Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia Inaugural holder Peter Howson Formation 1971 The current Australian Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities is Tony Burke, who took over from Peter Garrett (whose portfolio was titled Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts). The Minister and department change took effect in the Second Gillard Ministry on 14 September 2010.[1][2] When the Rudd Labor Government came to power in December 2007, Water Resources and the responsibility for addressing Climate Change were assigned to a new Ministry.
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Portfolio responsibilities
The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities and its component bodies:
- 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
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Peter Howson Liberal Party 1971–1972 Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts Gough Whitlam Australian Labor Party 1972 Moss Cass 1972–1975 Minister for the Environment and Conservation 1975 Minister for the Environment Jim Cairns 1975 Gough Whitlam 1975 Joe Berinson 1975 Andrew Peacock Liberal Party 1975 Ivor Greenwood 1975–1976 Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development Kevin Newman 1976–1977 Ray Groom 1977–1978 James Webster 1978–1979 Minister for Science and the Environment David Thomson 1979–1980 Robert Ellicott 1980–1981 Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment Michael MacKellar 1981 Ian Wilson 1981–1982 Tom McVeigh 1982–1983 Barry Cohen Australian Labor Party 1983–1984 1984–1987 Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment John Brown 1987–1988 Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories Graham Richardson 1988–1990 Ros Kelly 1990–1991 1991–1993 Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories 1993–1994 Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories John Faulkner 1994–1996 Robert Hill Liberal Party 1996–1998 Minister for the Environment 1998–2001 Minister for the Environment and Heritage David Kemp 2001–2004 Ian Campbell 2004–2007 Malcolm Turnbull 2007 Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Peter Garrett Australian Labor Party 2007–2010 Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett 2010 Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts Tony Burke 2010 – present Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 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.[3] 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.[4] After the 2010 Federal Election the portfolio was subsumed by the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities portfolio.[5]
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Tony Burke Australian Labor Party 3 April – 28 June 2010 Minister for Population 28 June – 14 September 2010 Minister for Sustainable Population References
- ^ Ministry List: Second Gillard Government
- ^ Australian Labor Party: Prime Minister announces new Ministry
- ^ Burke takes on population portfolio, ABC Online, 3 April 2010
- ^ "Gillard puts brakes on 'big Australia'". ABC News Online. 27 June 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/27/2938009.htm. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ "Second Gillard Ministry". The Australian. 14 September 2010. http://resources.news.com.au/files/2010/09/14/1225922/746080-aus-file-gillard-ministry.pdf?desktop. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
External links
Categories:- Lists of government ministers of Australia
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