Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action explained

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Type:	Department
Formed:	1 January 2023
Preceding1:	Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Jurisdiction:	Victoria, Australia
Headquarters:	8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002
Minister1 Name:	Lily D'Ambrosio
Minister1 Pfo:	Minister for Climate Action Minister for Energy and Resources Minister for the State Electricity Commission
Minister2 Name:	Steve Dimopoulos
Minister3 Name:	Harriet Shing
Minister3 Pfo:	Minister for Water
Minister4 Name:	Ros Spence
Minister4 Pfo:	Minister for Agriculture
Chief1 Name:	John Bradley
Chief1 Position:	Secretary
Child1 Agency:	State Electricity Commission of Victoria

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

, the DEECA supports four ministers in the following portfolio areas:^[3]

Name	Party	Portfolio
width=5px style="color:inherit;background:;"	Lily D'Ambrosio	Labor	Minister for Climate Action Minister for Energy and Resources Minister for the State Electricity Commission
width=5px style="color:inherit;background:;"	Steve Dimopoulos	Labor	Minister for Environment
width=5px style="color:inherit;background:;"	Harriet Shing	Labor	Minister for Water
width=5px style="color:inherit;background:;"		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

External links

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Notes and References

Web site: Order Establishing and Renaming Departments. Victorian Government Gazette. 5 December 2022. 1 January 2023.
Web site: New Cabinet To Keep Doing What Matters. Premier of Victoria. 5 December 2022.
Web site: Our ministers. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. October 2023 . 19 December 2023.