Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Department overview
Formed14 September 2010[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved18 September 2013
Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Employees2,871 (April 2013)[2]
Department executives
Websiteenvironment.gov.au

The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities was an Australian government department that existed between September 2010 and September 2013.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the department's annual reports and on the department's website.

At its creation, the department was responsible for:[1]

Structure

The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c CA 9334: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 December 2013
  2. ^ Australian Public Service Commission (2 December 2013), State of the Service Report: State of the Service Series 2012-13 (PDF), Australian Public Service Commission, p. 253, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2013


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