Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Australia)
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The current Australian Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts is Peter Garrett, who took over from Malcolm Turnbull (who was titled Minister for the Environment and Water Resources ) once the Rudd Labor Government is sworn in on 3 December 2007. Water Resources and responsibility for addressing Climate Change were assigned to a new Ministry.
[edit] Portfolio reponsibilities
The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 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
- National Cultural Heritage Committee
- 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
[edit] Australian environment ministers
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Howson | Liberal Party | 1971–1972 | Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts |
| Moss Cass | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1975 | Minister for the Environment and Conservation |
| Moss Cass | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | Minister for the Environment |
| Jim Cairns | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | |
| Gough Whitlam | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | |
| Joe Berinson | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | |
| Andrew Peacock | Liberal Party | 1975 | |
| Ivor Greenwood | Liberal Party | 1975–1976 | Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development |
| Kevin Newman | Liberal Party | 1976–1977 | |
| Ray Groom | Liberal Party | 1977–1978 | |
| James Webster | Liberal Party | 1978–1979 | Minister for Science and the Environment |
| David Thomson | Liberal Party | 1979–1980 | |
| Robert Ellicott | Liberal Party | 1980–1981 | Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment |
| Michael MacKellar | Liberal Party | 1981 | |
| Ian Wilson | Liberal Party | 1981–1982 | |
| Tom McVeigh | Liberal Party | 1982–1983 | |
| Barry Cohen | Australian Labor Party | 1983–1984 | |
| Barry Cohen | Australian Labor Party | 1984–1987 | Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment |
| John Brown | Australian Labor Party | 1987–1988 | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories |
| Graham Richardson | Australian Labor Party | 1988–1990 | |
| Ros Kelly | Australian Labor Party | 1990–1991 | |
| Ros Kelly | Australian Labor Party | 1991–1993 | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories |
| Ros Kelly | Australian Labor Party | 1993–1994 | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories |
| John Faulkner | Australian Labor Party | 1994–1996 | |
| Robert Hill | Liberal Party | 1996–1998 | Minister for the Environment |
| Robert Hill | Liberal Party | 1998–2001 | Minister for the Environment and Heritage |
| David Kemp | Liberal Party | 2001–2004 | |
| Ian Campbell | Liberal Party | 2004–2007 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull | Liberal Party | 2007 | Minister for the Environment and Water Resources |
| Peter Garrett | Australian Labor Party | 2007– | Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts |
