Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

{{Short description|Former Australian government department}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

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|agency_name = Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

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|formed = 14 September 2010{{citation|title=CA 9334: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+9334|publisher=National Archives of Australia|access-date=19 December 2013}}

|preceding1 = Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

|dissolved = 18 September 2013

|superseding = Department of the Environment (III)

|type = Department

|jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Australia

|employees = 2,871 (April 2013){{citation|url=http://www.apsc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/29223/SOSR-2012_13-final-tagged2.pdf|page=253|title=State of the Service Report: State of the Service Series 2012-13|date=2 December 2013|author=Australian Public Service Commission|publisher=Australian Public Service Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206035449/http://www.apsc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/29223/SOSR-2012_13-final-tagged2.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2013}}

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| chief1_name = Robyn Kruk

| chief1_position = Secretary (2010‑11)

| chief2_name = Paul Grimes

| chief2_position = Secretary (2011‑13)

| headquarters = Canberra

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20121013194854/http://www.environment.gov.au/ environment.gov.au]

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The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities was an Australian government department that existed between September 2010 and September 2013.