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Miles, Honourable Steven John, Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef was a ministerial office ministership commencing on 16/2/2015 and finishing on 12/12/2017.

The Honourable Steven John Miles served as Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef in the first Palaszcuk Ministry from from 16 February 2015 to 12 December 2017. On 12 December 2017, following the general election, the Honourable Steven John Miles was appointed as Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services.

Establishment
The Honourable Steven John Miles, representing the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Mount Coot-tha from 31 January 2015, was appointed Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef on 16 February 2015 under the Palaszczuk Ministry. He was also appointed on 16 February 2015 to be a member of the Executive Council of Queensland.

Abolition
On 12 December 2017, following the general election, the Honourable Steven John Miles was appointed as Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services.

Ministerial responsibilities
The Minister had responsibilities for:
 * Climate Change Policy
 * Coastal Management, excluding the Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Project
 * Contaminated Land
 * Ecologically Sustainable Development
 * Environment including Management of Mining
 * Environmental Planning
 * Environmental Protection Policy associated with Healthy Waterways
 * Great Barrier Reef
 * Historical Cultural Heritage
 * Nature Conservation excluding Demonstrated and Exhibited Native Animals and the Management of the Protected Area Estate and Forest Reserves (not including nature refuges)
 * Pollution Management
 * Waste Management
 * Wet Tropics Management
 * Custody and Management of State Forests not part of the Plantation Licence Agreement
 * Fish Habitat Areas
 * Marine Infrastructure – Strategic Planning
 * Marine Parks Management
 * National Parks
 * Protected Area Estate Management and Forest Reserves (excluding Nature Refuges)
 * Recreation excluding Natural Resource Recreation and Education

Administered Acts
The ministerial office executed its functions and responsibilites via various Acts and regulations. Acts administered by the ministerial office included:


 * Cape York Peninsula Heritage Act 2007 (except to the extent administered by the Minister for Natural Resources and Mines)
 * Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995
 * Currumbin Bird Sanctuary Act 1976
 * Environmental Offsets Act 2014
 * Environmental Protection Act 1994
 * Gurulmundi Secure Landfill Agreement Act 1992
 * Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Act 2001 (to the extent that it is relevant to environmental matters)
 * National Environment Protection Council (Queensland) Act 1994
 * National Trust of Queensland Act 1963
 * Nature Conservation Act 1992 (except to the extent that it is relevant to demonstrated and exhibited native animals and to the extent that it is relevant to the management of the protected area estate and forest reserves, not including nature refuges) (jointly administered with the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries and Minister for Sport and Racing)
 * Newstead House Trust Act 1939
 * Queensland Heritage Act 1992
 * Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011
 * Water Act 2000 (Chapter 3)
 * Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993-niFisheries Act 1994 (as it relates to Fish Habitat Areas)
 * Forestry Act 1959 (jointly administered with the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries and Minister for Sport and Racing)
 * Marine Parks Act 2004
 * Nature Conservation Act 1992 (to the extent that it is relevant to the management of the protected area estate and forest reserves, excluding Nature Refuges) (jointly administered with the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries and Minister for Sport and Racing)
 * Recreation Areas Management Act 2006

Attribution
Category:Defunct government agencies of Queensland Category:2015 establishments in Australia Category:Government agencies established in 2015 Category:2017 disestablishments in Australia Category:Government agencies disestablished in 2017