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.

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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