The federal budget includes measures to re-jig the work of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). 

The Government says it will redirect $113.1 million over 8 years from 2022–23 across the department to fund portfolio policy priorities.

The redirected funding includes;

  • $57.2 million from uncommitted funding from the 2021–22 Budget measure titled Emissions Reduction and New Investments under the Technology Investment Roadmap to new measures supporting clean energy technology investment

  • $22.2 million from the partial reversal of the 2020–21 Budget measure titled ‘JobMaker Plan – securing Australia’s liquid fuel stocks’, including reducing uncommitted funding for diesel storage projects not taken up by industry

  • $10.5 million from the partial reversal of the 2020–21 Budget measure titled ‘JobMaker Plan – investment in new energy technologies’, including redirecting uncommitted research funding to delivering high-quality emissions data and reporting against Australia’s emissions reduction targets

  • $10.0 million from the partial reversal of the 2022–23 March Budget measure titled ‘Strengthening the Great Barrier Reef through Stewardship and Leadership’, with uncommitted funding to be redirected towards tropical marine science activities that better align with Government priorities

  • $6.5 million from the partial reversal of the 2021–22 Budget measure titled ‘Agriculture 2030’, with uncommitted funding from the Food Waste for Healthy Soils Fund to be redirected to better align with Government priorities

  • $4 million from the partial reversal of the 2021–22 Budget measure titled ‘Incentivising Recycling Behaviours’, with uncommitted funding from the Food Waste for Healthy Soils Fund to be redirected to better align with Government priorities

  • $2 million from the partial reversal of the 2022–23 March Budget measure titled ‘Streamlining Environmental Protections and Modernising Indigenous Cultural Heritage Protections’, with uncommitted funding to be redirected towards implementing the Government’s Nature Positive Plan (PDF)

  • $0.7 million from the partial reversal of the 2019–20 Budget measure titled ‘Climate Solutions Package’ to redirect uncommitted funding from the Energy Efficient Communities program to better align with Government priorities