Department of Natural Resources and Water
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The Department of Natural Resources and Water is a defunct Queensland Government department. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters, Climate Change Policy and Science, Commercial Forestry, Commercial Water Services, Land (including Crown Land and Freehold Titles Registration), Native Title
, Natural Resource Management (including Vegetation Management), Catchment Management, Place Names, Quarry Sales, Recreation, Registration of Valuers and Surveyors and Water Recycling Strategy.
The Department's current Minister is the Honourable Craig Wallace
MP (Minister for Natural Resources and Water and Minister assisting the Premier
in North Queensland
and the Member for Thuringowa).http://nrw.qld.gov.au/about/minister.html The current Director-General is Scott Spencer.http://nrw.qld.gov.au/about/dg.html
The Department's former names include:
Native title
Native title is the Australian version of the common law doctrine of aboriginal title.Native title is "the recognition by Australian law that some Indigenous people have rights and interests to their land that come from their traditional laws and customs"...
, Natural Resource Management (including Vegetation Management), Catchment Management, Place Names, Quarry Sales, Recreation, Registration of Valuers and Surveyors and Water Recycling Strategy.
The Department's current Minister is the Honourable Craig Wallace
Craig Wallace
Craig Andrew Wallace is an Australian politician. He is the member for Thuringowa in the Queensland State Parliament, to which he was elected to on 7 February 2004....
MP (Minister for Natural Resources and Water and Minister assisting the Premier
Premiers of Queensland
Before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. Before the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, political parties were more akin to parliamentary factions, and were fluid, informal and...
in North Queensland
Regions of Queensland
The Regions of Queensland refers to the geographic areas of the Australian state of Queensland. Due to its large size and decentralised population, the state is often divided into regions for statistical and administrative purposes. Each region varies somewhat in terms of its economy, population,...
and the Member for Thuringowa).http://nrw.qld.gov.au/about/minister.html The current Director-General is Scott Spencer.http://nrw.qld.gov.au/about/dg.html
The Department's former names include:
- Department of Natural Resources, Mines and WaterDepartment of Natural Resources, Mines and WaterThe Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water is the former name of the Queensland Government Department of Natural Resources and Water. The department changed its name after the 9 September 2006 State election when responsibility for the Mines administrative unit was transferred to the new...
- Department of Natural Resources and MinesDepartment of Natural Resources and MinesThe Department of Natural Resources and Mines is the former name of the Queensland Government Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water. The name change was implement to recognise the Government's policy focus on water supply in the current drought...
- Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
- Department of Natural ResourcesDepartment of Natural ResourcesMany sub-national governments have a Department of Natural Resources or similarly named organization:Australia*Queensland Department of Natural Resources and MinesCanada*Natural Resources Canada*New Brunswick**New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources...