The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Lands, Planning and Environment.

[1] The Minister is responsible for Aboriginal carbon and water policy, biodiversity conservation and assessment, climate change, the conservation of pastoral land, environmental protection and sustainability, environment strategy and policy, environmental assessment, environmental compliance and enforcement, land and water resources assessment and management, pastoral land administration, rural bushfire management, strategic direction on environmental matters, volunteer bushfire management and weed management.

This also includes responsibility for the Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority.

[1] The Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment also has responsibilities for Aboriginal sacred sites, and oversees the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority (AAPA).

[1] When Eva Lawler (Labor) was appointed to the ministry in 2018, it was expanded to include the responsibilities of the formerly distinct Land Resource Management ministry.