Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

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Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Department overview
Preceding agencies
  • Department of Environment, Science and Innovation
  • Department of Environment and Science
  • Department of Environment and Heritage Management
  • Department of Environment and Resource Management
Jurisdiction Queensland
Minister responsible
  • Andrew Powell, Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation
Department executive
  • Patricia O’Callaghan, Acting Director-General [1]
Website detsi.qld.gov.au

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation is a department of the Queensland Government which is responsible for protecting the state's natural environment, developing the government's tourism, science and innovation strategy. [2] The minister responsible for the department is Andrew Powell. The department provides administrative support for the Queensland Heritage Council and the Queensland Heritage Register.

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History

The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection was established in April 2012, [3] as part of a series of changes to the machinery of government after the LNP's win at the 2012 election. [4] The department took on most of the functions of the Department of Environment and Resource Management which was dissolved. [5] In December 2017, it was renamed to the Department of Environment and Science. [6] In December 2023, it was renamed to the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation. In November 2024, it was renamed to the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation. [7]

Ministers

An employee monitoring the Great Artesian Basin Springs extent-mapping-using-differential-gps-elizabeth-spings-western-qld(1).jpg
An employee monitoring the Great Artesian Basin

Ministers for this department (and similar predecessors) include: [8]

StartEndMinisterTitle
23 December 19804 August 1983 Bill Hewitt Minister for Environment, Valuation and Administrative Services
5 August 198318 August 1983 Col Miller Minister for Environment, Valuation and Administrative Services
19 August 19836 February 1986 Martin Tenni Minister for Environment, Valuation and Administrative Services
6 February 19861 December 1986 Brian Austin Minister for Environment and Heritage
25 November 19871 December 1987 Kev Lingard Minister for Health and Environment
9 December 198719 January 1989 Geoff Muntz Minister for Environment, Conservation and Tourism
19 January 198925 September 1989 Geoff Muntz Minister for Environment, Conservation and Forestry
25 September 19897 December 1989 Paul Clauson Minister for Heritage and the Arts
25 September 19897 December 1989 Rob Borbidge Minister for Tourism, Environment, Conservation and Forestry
7 December 198924 September 1992 Pat Comben Minister for Environment and Heritage
24 September 199231 July 1995 Molly Robson Minister for Environment and Heritage
31 July 199519 February 1996 Tom Barton Minister for Environment and Heritage
26 February 199626 June 1998 Brian Littleproud Minister for Environment
29 June 199822 February 2001 Rod Welford Minister for Environment and Heritage
22 February 200112 February 2004 Dean Wells Minister for Environment
12 February 200425 August 2004 John Mickel Minister for Environment
25 August 200413 September 2006 Desley Boyle Minister for Environment, Local Government, Planning and Women
13 September 20061 September 2007 Lindy Nelson-Carr Minister for Environment and Multiculturalism
21 February 201122 June 2011 Kate Jones Minister for Environment and Resource Management
22 June 201126 March 2012 Vicky Darling Minister for Environment
26 March 20123 April 2012 Jeff Seeney Minister for Environment
3 April 201213 February 2015 Andrew Powell Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection
20152017 Steven Miles [9] Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection
12 December 201711 November 2020 Leeanne Enoch Minister for Environment and Science and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts
11 November 202018 May 2023 Meaghan Scanlon Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Youth Affairs
18 May 202328 October 2024 Leanne Linard Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for Multicultural Affairs
1 November 2024 Incumbent Andrew Powell Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Director-General". Government of Queensland. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Department overview". Government of Queensland. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "2011-2012 Annual Report - Department of Environment and Heritage Protection" (PDF). Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Queensland Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "QUEENSLAND MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT CHANGES". Association of Self Insured Employers of Queensland. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Machinery of government changes". Together. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Annual Report 2017–2018: About the Department" (PDF). Government of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Changes to departments of government". Queensland Public Sector Commission. The State of Queensland. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Minister". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
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