| Order
|
Minister
|
Party affiliation
|
Prime Minister
|
Ministerial title
|
Term start
|
Term end
|
Term in office
|
| 1
|
Peter Howson
|
|
Liberal
|
McMahon
|
Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts
|
10 March 1971 (1971-03-10)
|
5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)
|
1 year, 270 days
|
| 2
|
Gough Whitlam1 |
|
Labor
|
Whitlam
|
5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)
|
19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)
|
14 days
|
| 3
|
Moss Cass
|
Minister for the Environment and Conservation
|
19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)
|
21 April 1975 (1975-04-21)
|
2 years, 169 days
|
| Minister for the Environment
|
21 April 1975 (1975-04-21)
|
6 June 1975 (1975-06-06)
|
| 4
|
Jim Cairns
|
6 June 1975 (1975-06-06)
|
2 July 1975 (1975-07-02)
|
26 days
|
| n/a
|
Gough Whitlam
|
2 July 1975 (1975-07-02)
|
14 July 1975 (1975-07-14)
|
12 days
|
| 5
|
Joe Berinson
|
14 July 1975 (1975-07-14)
|
11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)
|
120 days
|
| 6
|
Andrew Peacock
|
|
Liberal
|
Fraser
|
11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)
|
22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)
|
41 days
|
| 7
|
Ivor Greenwood
|
Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development
|
22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)
|
8 July 1976 (1976-07-08)
|
199 days
|
| 8
|
Kevin Newman
|
8 July 1976 (1976-07-08)
|
20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)
|
1 year, 165 days
|
| 9
|
Ray Groom
|
20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)
|
5 December 1978 (1978-12-05)
|
350 days
|
| 10
|
James Webster
|
Minister for Science and the Environment
|
5 December 1978 (1978-12-05)
|
8 December 1979 (1979-12-08)
|
1 year, 3 days
|
| 11
|
David Thomson
|
8 December 1979 (1979-12-08)
|
3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)
|
331 days
|
| 12
|
Robert Ellicott
|
Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment
|
3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)
|
17 February 1981 (1981-02-17)
|
106 days
|
| 13
|
Michael MacKellar
|
17 February 1981 (1981-02-17)
|
19 March 1981 (1981-03-19)
|
30 days
|
| 14
|
Ian Wilson
|
19 March 1981 (1981-03-19)
|
7 May 1982 (1982-05-07)
|
1 year, 49 days
|
| 15
|
Tom McVeigh
|
|
National Country
|
7 May 1982 (1982-05-07)
|
16 October 1982
|
308 days
|
|
|
National
|
16 October 1982
|
11 March 1983
|
| 16
|
Barry Cohen
|
|
Labor
|
Hawke
|
11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)
|
13 December 1984 (1984-12-13)
|
4 years, 135 days
|
| Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment
|
13 December 1984 (1984-12-13)
|
24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)
|
| 17
|
John Brown
|
Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
|
24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)
|
18 December 1987 (1987-12-18)
|
147 days
|
| 18
|
Graham Richardson
|
19 January 1988 (1988-01-19)
|
4 April 1990 (1990-04-04)
|
2 years, 75 days
|
| 19
|
Ros Kelly
|
4 April 1990 (1990-04-04)
|
20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
|
3 years, 331 days
|
| Keating
|
Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
|
20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
|
24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
|
| Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories
|
24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
|
1 March 1994 (1994-03-01)
|
| n/a
|
Graham Richardson
|
1 March 1994 (1994-03-01)
|
25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)
|
24 days
|
| 20
|
John Faulkner
|
25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)
|
11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
|
1 year, 352 days
|
| 21
|
Robert Hill
|
|
Liberal
|
Howard
|
Minister for the Environment
|
11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
|
21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)
|
5 years, 260 days
|
| 22
|
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
|
21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)
|
26 November 2001 (2001-11-26)
|
| 23
|
David Kemp
|
26 November 2001 (2001-11-26)
|
26 October 2004 (2004-10-26)
|
2 years, 335 days
|
| 24
|
Ian Campbell
|
26 October 2004 (2004-10-26)
|
30 January 2007 (2007-01-30)
|
2 years, 96 days
|
| 25
|
Malcolm Turnbull
|
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
|
30 January 2007 (2007-01-30)
|
3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)
|
307 days
|
| 26
|
Peter Garrett
|
|
Labor
|
Rudd
|
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
|
3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)
|
8 March 2010 (2010-03-08)
|
2 years, 285 days
|
| Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts
|
8 March 2010 (2010-03-08)
|
24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)
|
| Gillard
|
24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)
|
14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)
|
| 27
|
Tony Burke
|
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
|
14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)
|
1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)
|
2 years, 290 days
|
| 28
|
Mark Butler
|
Rudd
|
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water
|
1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)
|
18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
|
79 days
|
| 29
|
Greg Hunt
|
|
Liberal
|
Abbott
|
Minister for the Environment
|
18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
|
15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
|
2 years, 305 days
|
| Turnbull
|
15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
|
19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)
|
| 30
|
Josh Frydenberg
|
Minister for the Environment and Energy
|
19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)
|
28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
|
2 years, 40 days
|
| 31
|
Melissa Price
|
Morrison
|
Minister for the Environment
|
18 August 2018 (2018-08-18)
|
29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
|
274 days
|
| 32
|
Sussan Ley
|
29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
|
23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)
|
2 years, 359 days
|
| 33
|
Tanya Plibersek
|
|
Labor
|
Albanese
|
Minister for the Environment and Water
|
1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
|
Incumbent
|
302 days
|
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