Department of Environment and Conservation (Australia)
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| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 19 December 1972[1] |
| Preceding Department | |
| Dissolved | 21 April 1975[1] |
| Superseding Department | |
| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Headquarters | Canberra |
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The Department of Environment and Conservation was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and April 1975.
The Department was one of several new Departments established by the Whitlam government, a wide restructuring that revealed some of the new government's program.[2]
The Department was abolished in April 1975, to be replaced by the Department of the Environment. At the time, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam said that the reason for the re‑badging was that the name "Department of Environment and Conservation" suggested that conservation was a separate matter from the environment, whereas it was in fact a major component of the Government's total environment program.[3][4]
The renaming was requested by environment minister Moss Cass, who said the title was too long and redundant.[5]
