Corporate Body
Queensland Department of Environment and Science (2017 - )
State of Queensland
- From
- 2017
- Functions
- Conservation or Environment and Regulatory Body
- Reference No
- Queensland Archives ID: A11845
Summary
In 2017 the Department of Environment and Heritage (2012 - 2017) was re-assigned select functions from the Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing (2015 - 2017), the Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation (2015 - 2017), and the Department of Premier and Cabinet (1996 - ) and renamed establishing the Department of Environment and Science. It is responsible for Queensland's climate change policy, costal management, environmental planning, waste management, marine and national parks and fish habitat areas among other functions.
Related entries
Timeline
1862 - 1866 Queensland Lands and Works Department
1866 - 1887 Queensland Public Works Department (I)
1866 - 1887 Queensland Public Works Department (I)
1876 - 1887 Queensland Mines Department (I)
1887 - 1890 Queensland Mines and Works Department
1887 - 1904 Queensland Department of Agriculture
1890 - 1989 Queensland Mines Department (II)
1975 - 1988 Queensland Mapping and Surveying Department
1862 - 1866 Queensland Lands and Works Department
1904 - 1963 Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock
1988 - 1989 Queensland Geographic Information Department
1989 - 1992 Queensland Department of Resource Industries
1866 - 1996 Queensland Lands Department
1963 - 1996 Queensland Department of Primary Industries (I)
1992 - 1996 Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy
1996 - 2001 Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (I)
1998 - 2001 Queensland Department of Natural Resources
2001 - 2004 Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (I)
1963 - 1996 Queensland Department of Primary Industries (I)
1987 - 1989 Queensland Environment, Conservation and Tourism Department
2004 Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (I)
1989 - 1996 Queensland Environment and Heritage Department (I)
1996 - 1998 Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry
2004 - 2006 Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (II)
2004 Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (I)
1996 - 1998 Queensland Environment Department
1998 - 2004 Queensland Department of Primary Industries (II)
2004 - 2006 Queensland Energy Department
2006 Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water
1998 Queensland Environment and Heritage Department (II)
2004 - 2009 Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
2006 - 2009 Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (II)
2006 Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water
1998 - 2009 Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
2006 - 2009 Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water
2009 - 2012 Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
2009 - 2012 Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
2009 - 2012 Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management
2012 - 2015 Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts
2012 - 2015 Queensland Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing
2012 - 2017 Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
2015 - 2017 Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology, and Innovation
2015 - 2017 Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing
2017 - Queensland Department of Environment and Science
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Published resources
Resources
- Department of Environment and Science, Organisational Divisional Structure - Effective May 2019, Queensland Government, 2019. https://www.des.qld.gov.au/our-department/documents/des-org-chart.pdf. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Department of Environment and Science', in Agency Details, Queensland Archives, Queensland Government, c.2017, https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/agencies/A11845. Details
Elizabeth Daniels
Created: 4 June 2019, Last modified: 9 August 2023