Department of Natural Resources and Water
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The Department of Natural Resources and Water is a Queensland Government department that administers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters, Climate Change Policy and Science, Commercial Forestry, Commercial Water Services, Land (including Crown Land and Freehold Titles Registration), Native Title, Natural Resource Management (including Vegetation Management), Catchment Management, Place Names, Quarry Sales, Recreation, Registration of Valuers and Surveyors and Water Recycling Strategy.
The Department's current Minister is the Honourable Craig Wallace MP (Minister for Natural Resources and Water and Minister assisting the Premier in North Queensland and the Member for Thuringowa).[1] The current Director-General is Scott Spencer.[2]
The Department's former names include:
- Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water
- Department of Natural Resources and Mines
- Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
- Department of Natural Resources
