About us
DERM conserves and manages the natural environment for the benefit of all Queenslanders. It aims aim to deliver long-term sustainability for the state’s natural environment by promoting sustainable living and resource use, and by strengthening the state’s response to climate change.
- Annual report
- Director-General
- Employment
- Governance and strategic management
- Legislation
- Locations and contacts
- Ministers
- Organisational structure
- Statutory and other bodies
- What we do
Annual report
General information about the department, including its activity, performance and financial statements are available in our annual reports.
Director-General
The Director-General for the Department of Environment and Resource Management is Jim Reeves.
Employment
Information on applying for a job at the department, including benefits and conditions, graduate program, volunteers, work experience and cadetships.
This information is available in the employment section of our web site.
Governance and strategic management
DERM maintains a Board of Management (BoM) and an Executive Management Group (EMG) to oversight the department's strategic and operational management and governance.
The BoM is chartered with focusing on strategic issues, performance management and corporate governance, while the EMG focus is on policy development and reporting.
Read more about governance and strategic management in DERM.
Legislation
The department administers a range of Acts, regulations and notices related to the environment and resource management.
Details are available in the legislation section of our web site.
Locations and contacts
Information on how to contact us and the locations of our business centres are available on our web site.
Ministers
The Department of Environment and Resource Management is responsible to the following ministers:
- Vicky Darling MP
Minister for Environment - Rachel Nolan MP
Minister for Finance, Natural Resources and The Arts - Stephen Robertson MP
Minister for Energy and Water Utilities
Organisational structure
The department's organisation is structured around six main business groups:
- Water and Ecosystem Outcomes
- Land and Indigenous Services
- Natural Resources and Environment
- Operations and Evironmental Regulator
- Office of Climate Change
- Corporate Services
View the departmental structure.
Statutory and other bodies
Information about statutory and other bodies associated with the department is available on the web site.
What we do
The Department of Environment and Resource Management conserves and manages the state's natural environment for the benefit of all Queenslanders.
Read more about what we do.
Last updated 26 August 2011