Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Department overview
Formed	1 January 2015
Preceding agencies	Department of Environment and Primary Industries Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure
Jurisdiction	Victoria, Australia
Headquarters	8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002
Ministers responsible	Lily D'Ambrosio, Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change & Minister for Solar Homes Lisa Neville, Minister for Water Richard Wynne, Minister for Planning Danny Pearson, Minister for Local Government
Department executive	John Bradley, Secretary
Website	delwp.vic.gov.au

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is a government department in Victoria, Australia.

Commencing operation in January 2015, it is responsible for various matters related to the environment, energy and planning.

The DELWP was created in the aftermath of the 2014 state election, with Premier Daniel Andrews announcing that the previous Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) would be renamed. The newly-formed DELWP subsequently assumed property and land titles, planning and local government portfolios from the previous Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure, whilst responsibilities for agriculture were transferred to the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.^{[citation needed]}

Ministers[]

The DELWP supports four ministers in the following portfolio areas:

Functions[]

The DELWP has responsibility for the following policy areas:

• Environment
• Energy
• Wildlife
• Heritage
• Climate change
• Planning
• Marine and coasts
• Planning
• Local government
• Property and land titles
• Water and catchments
• Forest Fire Management Victoria (an agency for Bush firefighting)

References[]

External links[]

• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning