Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Department overview
Formed	1 January 2023
Preceding agencies	Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning; Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions;
Jurisdiction	Victoria, Australia
Headquarters	8 Nicholson Street, ; East Melbourne, Victoria 3002
Ministers responsible	Lily D'Ambrosio, Minister for Climate Action; Minister for Energy and Resources; Minister for the State Electricity Commission; Steve Dimopoulos, Minister for Environment; Harriet Shing, Minister for Water; Ros Spence, Minister for Agriculture;
Department executive	John Bradley, Secretary;
Child Department	State Electricity Commission of Victoria;
Website	delwp.vic.gov.au

The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) is a government department in Victoria, Australia. It is responsible for various matters related to the environment, energy and climate change.

The department was renamed from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning on 1 January 2023.^[1] It was created in the aftermath of the 2022 state election, with Premier Daniel Andrews announcing that several portfolios would be changing. Responsibilities such as urban planning were ceded to the new Department of Transport and Planning, while other responsibilities from other agencies such as agriculture, resources and energy programs were transferred from the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions to the DEECA.^[2]

Ministers

As of October 2023^[update], the DEECA supports four ministers in the following portfolio areas:^[3]

	Party	Portfolio
Lily D'Ambrosio	Labor	Minister for Climate Action Minister for Energy and Resources Minister for the State Electricity Commission
Steve Dimopoulos	Labor	Minister for Environment
Harriet Shing	Labor	Minister for Water
Ros Spence	Labor	Minister for Agriculture

Responsibilities

DEECA has responsibility for the following policy areas:

Environment
Energy
Wildlife
Heritage
Climate change
Waste and resource recovery
Mining and resources
Agriculture
Marine and coasts
Water and catchments
Forest Fire Management Victoria (an agency for Bush firefighting)
Reestablishment of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria

References

^ "Order Establishing and Renaming Departments" (PDF). Victorian Government Gazette. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "New Cabinet To Keep Doing What Matters". Premier of Victoria. 5 December 2022.
^ "Our ministers". Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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