Minister for the Environment and Water
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The Australian Minister for the Environment and Water is a position which is currently held by Murray Watt in the Albanese ministry since 13 May 2025, following the Australian federal election in 2025.[1]
In the Government of Australia, the minister and assistant minister are responsible for 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 minister provides direction and oversight of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (previously the Department of the Environment and Energy, and before that the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) to develop and implement national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage.
Portfolio responsibilities
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- 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
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- 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
List of ministers
Environment
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Environment, or any precedent titles:[2]
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Howson | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | McMahon | Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 2 | Gough Whitlam1 | rowspan="6" Template:Australian party style | | Labor | Whitlam | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |
| 3 | Moss Cass | Minister for the Environment and Conservation | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| Minister for the Environment | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 4 | Jim Cairns | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| (2) | Gough Whitlam | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| 5 | Joe Berinson | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| 6 | Andrew Peacock | rowspan="9" Template:Australian party style | | Liberal | Fraser | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |
| 7 | Ivor Greenwood | Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |||
| 8 | Kevin Newman | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 9 | Ray Groom | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| 10 | James Webster | Minister for Science and the Environment | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| 11 | David Thomson | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| 12 | Robert Ellicott | Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |||
| 13 | Michael MacKellar | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| 14 | Ian Wilson | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 15 | Tom McVeigh | Template:Australian party style| | National Country | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 16 October 1982 | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||
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| 16 | Barry Cohen | rowspan="9" Template:Australian party style | | Labor | Hawke | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |
| Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 17 | John Brown | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |||
| 18 | Graham Richardson | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 19 | Ros Kelly | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| Keating | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| (18) | Graham Richardson | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| 20 | John Faulkner | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 21 | Robert Hill | rowspan="5" Template:Australian party style | | Liberal | Howard | Minister for the Environment | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 22 | Minister for the Environment and Heritage | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 23 | David Kemp | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 24 | Ian Campbell | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 25 | Malcolm Turnbull | Minister for the Environment and Water Resources | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |||
| 26 | Peter Garrett | rowspan="5" Template:Australian party style | | Labor | Rudd | Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| Gillard | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 27 | Tony Burke | Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| 28 | Mark Butler | Rudd | Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||
| 29 | Greg Hunt | rowspan="5" Template:Australian party style | | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for the Environment | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| Turnbull | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 30 | Josh Frydenberg | Minister for the Environment and Energy | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| 31 | Melissa Price | Morrison | Minister for the Environment | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 32 | Sussan Ley | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 33 | Tanya Plibersek | rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style | | Labor | Albanese | Minister for the Environment and Water | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 34 | Murray Watt | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
Notes
- 1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.
Water
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Water, or any precedent titles:
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malcolm Turnbull | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Howard | Minister for the Environment and Water Resources | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
| 2 | Penny Wong | rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Climate Change and Water | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| Gillard | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 3 | Tony Burke | Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| 4 | Mark Butler | Rudd | Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||
| 5 | Barnaby Joyce | Template:Australian party style| | National | Turnbull | Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| (1) | Malcolm Turnbull | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| (5) | Barnaby Joyce | rowspan=6 Template:Australian party style| | National | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 6 | David Littleproud | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| Morrison | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 7 | Keith Pitt | Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| Minister for Resources and Water | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 8 | Tanya Plibersek | rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style | | Labor | Albanese | Minister for the Environment and Water | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 9 | Murray Watt | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
Former ministerial portfolios
List of ministers for population
Assistant ministers
List of assistant ministers for the environment
The following individual has served as the Assistant Minister for the Environment.
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharman Stone | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Ayd |
| 2 | Greg Hunt | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Ayd | |||
| 3 | John Cobb | Template:Australian party style| | National | Assistant Minister for the Environment and Heritage | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Ayd | |
| 4 | Amanda Rishworth | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Urban Water | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Ayd |
| 5 | Simon Birmingham | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Abbott | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Ayd |
| 6 | Bob Baldwin | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Ayd | |||
| 7 | Melissa Price | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for the Environment | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Ayd |
List of assistant ministers for water
The following individual has served as the Assistant Minister for Water.
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Ruston | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Ayd |
See also
- Ministers for Environment
- Ministers for Water
References
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