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Jurisdiction | Queensland |
Headquarters | 1 William Street, Brisbane[1] |
Employees | 273[2] |
Annual budget | $746,517,000[2] |
Minister responsible |
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Department executive |
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Website | dews.qld.gov.au |
The Department of Energy and Water Supply (DEWS) was a department of the Queensland Government which is responsible for the state's energy and water industries. The department's head office was at 1 William Street, Brisbane.[1]
The Department of Energy and Water Supply was established on 3 April 2012,[4] as part of a series of changes to the machinery of government after the LNP's win at the 2012 election.[5] The department took on some functions of the Department of Environment and Resource Management and the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, which were both dissolved.[6] In 2017 the department was merged with the Department of Natural Resources and Mines to form the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy.