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We are a new department, established on 1 July 2022.

This website will be updated over the coming weeks to include all the functions delivered by the department. In the meantime, you may be redirected to other government sites for some material.

We publish communiques:

  • on behalf of our ministerial forums and industry groups
  • to provide updates on ongoing issues

Ministers’ forums

The Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM) is an intergovernmental forum in which national environmental issues are progressed and a forum to discuss strategic issues and agree cross-government actions to improve Australia’s environment.

EMM comprises the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, and the environment minister from each Australian state and territory.

Meeting 1

  • Meeting 1 agreed communique - 15 April 2021 [PDF 148KB]
  • Meeting 1 agreed communique - 15 April 2021 [DOCX 31KB]

Meeting of Environment Ministers

The Meeting of Environment Ministers (MEM) was replaced by the EMM following National Cabinet’s 2020 Review of COAG Councils and Ministerial Forums (the Conran Review).

Meeting 9

  • Meeting 9 agreed statement - 8 November 2019 [PDF 312.11KB]
  • Meeting 9 agreed statement - 8 November 2019 [DOCX 38.97KB]

Meeting 8

  • Meeting 8 agreed statement - 7 December 2018 [PDF 144.18KB]
  • Meeting 8 agreed statement - 7 December 2018 [DOCX 26.66KB]

Meeting 7

  • Meeting 7 agreed statement - 27 April 2018 [PDF 138.13KB]
  • Meeting 7 agreed statement - 27 April 2018 [DOCX 29.73KB]

Meeting 6

  • Meeting 6 agreed statement - 28 July 2017 [PDF 78KB]

Out of session

  • Environmental Management of Industrial Chemicals - 16 February 2018 [PDF 19.32KB]
  • National Environmental Management Plan for PFAS - 16 February 2018 [PDF 26.92KB]

Meeting 5

  • Meeting 5 agreed statement - 25 November 2016 [PDF 27.2KB]
  • Meeting 5 agreed statement - 25 November 2016 [DOCX 43.75KB]

Meeting 4

  • Meeting 4 agreed statement - 15 December 2015 [PDF 135.82KB]
  • Meeting 4 agreed statement - 15 December 2015 [DOCX 48.28KB]

Meeting 3

  • Meeting 3 agreed statement - 15 July 2015 [PDF 37.06KB]
  • Meeting 3 agreed statement - 15 July 2015 [DOCX 45.74KB]

Meeting 2

  • Meeting 2 agreed statement - 27 February 2015 [PDF 27.61KB]
  • Meeting 2 agreed statement - 27 February 2015 [DOCX 25.19KB]

Meeting 1

  • Meeting 1 agreed statement - 29 April 2014

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  • Ministerial Indigenous Heritage Roundtable — 21 September 2020

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