2013-2016 жылдар аралығындағы Австралия Үкіметінің Қоршаған орта департаменті

Australian government department, 2013–2016
the 2013–16 Australian Government Department of Environment

The Australian Department of the Environment was a department of the Government of Australia that existed between September 2013 and July 2016. The department was charged with responsibility for developing and implementing national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage.

The department was an Australian Public Service Department of State in the environment portfolio, under the Public Service Act 1999. The head of the department was its Secretary, Dr Gordon de Brouwer , It absorbed the responsibilities of the former Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSWEPaC) and climate change from the former Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. The department was dissolved in July 2016 and its functions, along with energy policy functions, were moved to the newly established Department of the Environment and Energy. From when it was established in September 2013 to when it was dissolved in July 2016 the department faced significant cuts (25 per cent cut from the organisation's budget over four years), in line with the Coalition Government's environmental deregulation policies.

The stated aims of the department were to achieve the protection and conservation of the environment; to ensure that Australia benefits from meteorological and related sciences and services; and to see that Australia's interests in Antarctica are advanced. The department developed and implemented national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage.

The functions of the department were broadly classified into the following matters: Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, and oversees certain policy areas in Norfolk Island and Christmas Island.