Information about the department's functions and/or 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:[2]
Environment and conservation
Meteorology
Administration of the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Natural and built heritage
Greenhouse policy coordination
Structureedit
The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage.[1] The department was headed by a secretary, initially Roger Beale (until early 2004) and then David Borthwick.[3]
Referencesedit
^ abcCA 8614: Department of the Environment and Heritage, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 December 2013
^(PDF), National Archives of Australia, 21 October 1998, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013
^Howard, John (30 January 2004). (Press release). Archived from the original on 19 January 2014.
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