Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Annual Report 2011–12
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Portfolio structureThe Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities portfolio is led by the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, the Hon. Tony Burke MP. Minister Burke is assisted by the Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, Senator the Hon. Don Farrell. As at 30June 2012 the portfolio comprised the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, and six independent authorities (listed in the Organisation overview chart). Department overviewOur missionTo advance a sustainable Australia: our environment, water, heritage and communities. Role and functionsThe department supports the minister in his policy and statutory functions and develops and implements national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia’s environment, water, heritage and communities. The department’s primary roles are best conceptualised through the five outcomes we aim to achieve and an overarching corporate outcome. Outcome and program structureThe department’s outcomes and programs structure as set out in the 2011–2012 Portfolio Budget Statements and the 2011–2012 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements is as follows: Outcome and program structure
*As a result of the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 14 December 2011, the Housing component of this Outcome (Program 2.2) was transferred to the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Department of the Treasury. Senior executive teamDr Paul Grimes was appointed secretary of the department in June 2011. Dr Grimes was assisted in the management of the department by an executive team of three deputy secretaries and 18 division heads. The names, responsibilities and tenures of the division heads are shown in the organisation chart. Dr. Paul Grimes joined the department in September 2010 as Acting Secretary from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, where he had been Associate Secretary (Domestic Policy). Before this, Dr Grimes was General Manager of the Budget Group in the Department of Finance and Deregulation. Dr Grimes has also served as the Chief Executive of the ACT Department of Treasury and, earlier, as Deputy Under Treasurer in the South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance. Malcolm Thompson is the deputy secretary responsible for the Land and Coasts, Sustainability Policy and Analysis, Environment Quality and Parks Australia Divisions and the Land Sector Taskforce and International Biodiversity and Sustainability Taskforce. Mr Thompson has over 25 years experience as a policy adviser to the Australian Government. He studied economics at the University of Queensland before beginning his career in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He has also worked in the Treasury, the Assistant Treasurer’s office and the Department of Transport and Regional Services. From 2003 to 2007 Mr Thompson concentrated on water policy, helping to develop the National Water Initiative and to establish the National Water Commission. Mr Thompson joined the department in 2007 as head of the Policy Coordination Division. He was appointed deputy secretary in September 2009. Kimberley Dripps joined the department as deputy secretary in January 2011. Ms Dripps is responsible for the Environment Assessment and Compliance, Heritage and Wildlife, Marine and Supervising Scientist Divisions and the Regulatory Reform Taskforce. She also manages the strategic relationship with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Ms Dripps was previously the Executive Director Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Victoria’s Department of Sustainability and Executive Director Planning and Land Acquisition in the Department of Infrastructure and Transport. Between 1999 and 2007 Ms Dripps had various roles within Victorian Government departments. Ms Dripps has a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Hons) and an MBA. David Parker joined the department as deputy secretary in February2011. Mr Parker is responsible for the Commonwealth Environment Water Holder, Water Efficiency and Water Reform Divisions, the Office of Water Science and the Australian Antarctic Division. Mr Parker has qualifications in economics and law and is the former deputy secretary of the Treasury where he led the Revenue Group and was Chair of the Treasury Audit Committee. With a career spanning over 25 years with the Treasury, Mr Parker has worked on financial sector liberalisation, tax reform, macroeconomic forecasting and policy, competition policy, energy policy and international economic issues. From 1997–2002 Mr Parker worked at the OECD in Paris. Organisation overview of the portfolio at 30 June 2012
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