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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. 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.

Ministers

As of October 2023, the DEECA supports four ministers in the following portfolio areas:

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

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

External links

• Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

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