Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 10,083
- Contract value (all years): 7,105,074,664 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 1,161,927,307 AUD
- APS headcount: 6,134
- Budget 2026-27: 5,362,859 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 920,905 AUD
- Directory roles: 178
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (37)
- 2026-08-20 — Environment win: Key Samuel review reform locked in
- 2026-06-02 — Environment Department told to keep unified, delivery key to capability demands
- 2026-05-14 — DCCEEW does heavy lifting on budget repair
- 2026-04-12 — Unsteady as she goes in DAFF and DCCEEW’s executive ranks
- 2025-12-02 — David Fredericks: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water former secretary
- 2025-07-08 — Mike Kaiser appointed DCCEEW secretary
- 2025-05-19 — DCCEEW chief’s retirement opens door to APS leadership reshuffle
- 2024-11-18 — David Fredericks: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- 2024-09-11 — Defanging the new Environment Protection Authority
- 2024-09-11 — Minns taps Environment department to lead work from home crackdown
- 2024-04-22 — Environment Protection Australia responsibilities revealed
- 2023-11-05 — David Fredericks: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water
- 2023-09-07 — NSW union hits out at Planning and Environment MoG
- 2023-08-18 — NSW Department of Planning and Environment split to elevate climate and housing
- 2023-07-13 — NSW announces Transport, Planning and Environment secretaries
- 2023-05-04 — Movers & Shakers: Nine new branch heads at DCCEEW
- 2023-04-26 — Environment minister makes $262.3 million Budget announcement for national parks
- 2023-03-27 — Putting together IPCC report a unique process, says DCCEEW official
- 2023-02-12 — Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s David Fredericks on values for 2023
- 2022-11-21 — David Fredericks: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water secretary
- 2022-07-20 — CSIRO experts weigh in on State of the Environment Report
- 2022-07-20 — Environment minister outlines task ahead for APS
- 2021-08-25 — Committee calls for ‘substantial change’ within Environment department in scathing report
- 2020-12-10 — Environment minister approves controversial $500 million war memorial re-development
- 2019-11-08 — New secretaries for Infrastructure and Environment departments
- 2019-10-21 — Progress at last: Environment department begins to update non-compliant FOI log after 10 months
- 2019-10-15 — The Department of the Environment and Energy has been breaching the FOI Act for 10 months now
- 2019-09-30 — Environment secretary to retire as Australia’s critics heat up
- 2019-04-01 — Planning and Environment Secretary Carolyn McNally resigns
- 2019-03-18 — Return Indigenous Protected Areas and Rangers to the Environment portfolio
- 2017-07-26 — Environment secretary Gordon de Brouwer to resign in September
- 2016-09-20 — ‘Hack the Planet’: how the Environment department got their thinking caps on
- 2016-07-20 — Why the Environment and Energy merger makes sense
- 2016-03-21 — Strike day: Immigration, Defence, Environment, ATO walk out
- 2015-09-28 — Greg Hunt rearranges climate change bodies at Environment Dept
- 2015-08-03 — Environment portfolio appointments for Antarctic, climate science
- 2014-08-21 — Banks made boss of WA Environment Regulation Department
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-30 — Suburban fox first Australian land mammal to test positive to H5 bird flu
- 2026-08-28 — Government researchers to abandon Macquarie Island station
- 2026-08-27 — Movers & Shakers: Changes at the top across the nation
- 2026-08-27 — Australia and China discuss global shift to net zero
- 2026-08-25 — Advice for Victorian Treasury on government spending
- 2026-08-20 — Movers & Shakers: Victoria reveals royal commissioner
- 2026-08-17 — Bowen lauds ‘first-class department created from scratch’
- 2026-08-17 — Former public service commissioner to lead ANU
- 2026-08-12 — Little penguins to receive bird flu vaccines
- 2026-08-05 — Bureau of Meteorology launches strategic review
Names over time
What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.
| Reported as | Source | Years | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environment ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2013-14 to 2016-17 | 1,067 |
| Environment ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2013-14 to 2016-17 | 25 |
| Environment and Energy ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2016-17 to 2019-20 | 439 |
| Environment and Energy ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2016-17 to 2019-20 | 46 |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2019-20 to 2026-27 | 10,083 |
| Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2022-23 to 2025-26 | 763 |
| Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2022-23 to 2025-26 | 92 |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 45 |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | Annual report governance tables | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 16 |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | Annual report expenditure | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 26 |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2029-30 | 275 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2022-23 to 2025-26); Environment (2013-14 to 2016-17); Environment and Energy (2016-17 to 2019-20). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 14 | $464,139 |
| Consultancy | 12 | $35,370 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serco Defence (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 57078359065 | $135,342 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT) Pty Ltd (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 69008585260 | $115,791 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Local Land Services | 57876455969 | $59,311 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Offshore Service Vessels L.L.C | — | $39,254 | 2022-23 |
| Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research Organisation | 41687119230 | $35,350 | 2024-25 |
| Australian Energy Market Operato | 94072010327 | $32,892 | 2024-25 |
| Skytraders Pty Ltd | 31001851921 | $27,602 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| BP Australia Pty Ltd | 53004085616 | $25,189 | 2022-23 |
| Australian National University (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 52234063906 | $5,647 | 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| Pricewaterhousecoopers Consulting (Australia) Pty Ltd | 20607773295 | $5,069 | 2022-23 |
| KPMG (ACT) (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 51194660183 | $4,551 | 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 74490121060 | $4,141 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.
Workforce profile — as at 2025-12-31
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| % CALD | 16.8% | at this date |
| % Female | 59.8% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 7.9% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 55.4% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 15.1% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 15.0% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 46.6% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 82.8% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 6.4% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 8.3% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 6,134 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 41.5 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 5.1 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 5.5% | at this date |
APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.
Bodies beneath this agency — as at 2025-12-31
Bureau of Meteorology · Clean Energy Regulator · Climate Change Authority · Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority · Murray-Darling Basin Authority
From the APSC sub-agency breakdown. A body listed here is counted inside the workforce profile above, so do not add the two.
Year by year
| Measure | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS headcount | 2,602 | 2,488 | 2,452 | 2,666 | 2,668 | 2,717 | 2,913 | 4,511 | 5,157 | 5,835 | 6,134 | |||
| SES | 111 | 95 | 90 | 38 | 43 | 42 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 66 | ||||
| Contracts | 77 | 263 | 1,180 | 2,101 | 2,124 | 2,057 | 2,017 | 264 | ||||||
| Contract value | $111,031,854 | $431,446,663 | $524,025,398 | $660,371,510 | $1,267,616,780 | $1,462,243,141 | $2,464,306,774 | $184,032,543 | ||||||
| Budget ($000) | 3,585,031 | 5,362,859 | ||||||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 18 | 18 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Top total pay | $864,085 | $907,307 | $920,905 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2022-23 to 2025-26); Environment (2013-14 to 2016-17); Environment and Energy (2016-17 to 2019-20). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Sources — annual reports
Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.
° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.
