Accountability and reporting
The Department of Climate Change was originally established on 3 December 2007 within the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio. On 8 March 2010 a machinery of government change transferred programs from the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts making the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency a separate portfolio agency.
The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency leads the development and coordination of Australia's climate change response in the areas of:
- mitigation strategy through domestic emissions reduction measures
- adaptation strategy to address the unavoidable impacts of climate change, and
- Australia's international climate change strategy and the carriage of international negotiations to help shape a global solution.
The department works closely with other Australian Government departments, state and territory agencies, industry and community groups, as well as corresponding government bodies in other countries in delivering policy and advice on climate change issues and implementing its programs.
Campaign evaluation reports
Climate change household action: campaign evaluation—September 2009 (PDF 3.67 kB)
Climate change household action: campaign evaluation—September 2009 (RTF 2.8 MB)
Climate change household action: corrigendum—September 2009 (PDF 43 kB)
Climate change household action: corrigendum—September 2009 (RTF 46 kB)
Legal services expenditure
Legal Services Expenditure Summary 2011 (HTML)
Legal Services Expenditure Summary 2011 (PDF 150 kB)
Campaign certification statements
Australian Government departments and agencies conducting information and advertising campaigns must comply with all relevant policies and processes issued and amended from time to time by the Cabinet Secretary; the Minister for Finance and Deregulation; or the agency responsible for such policies—currently the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance).
These policies and processes form the Guidelines on information and advertising campaigns by Australian Government departments and agencies (March 2010). The guidelines set out the principles applying to government information and advertising campaigns undertaken in Australia.
The requirements for review and certification of campaigns are determined by the value of the campaign and whether advertising will be undertaken.
As outlined in the guidelines, chief executives are required to certify that a campaign complies with the guidelines and relevant government policies. The chief executive's signed certification statements are scanned and published on this page following the launch of the campaign.
Chief executive signed certification—14 July 2011 (PDF 489 kB)
Chief executive signed certification—19 July 2011 (PDF 501 kB)
Chief executive signed certification—29 July 2011 (PDF 470 kB)
Chief executive signed certification—2 August 2011 (PDF 442 kB)
Chief executive signed certification—25 August 2011 (PDF 399 kB)