Department of Mines and Petroleum

Department of Mines and Petroleum
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2009
Preceding agencies
Dissolved1 July 2017
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Western Australia
Agency executive
  • Richard Sellers, Director General
Websitewww.dmp.wa.gov.au/index.aspx

The Department of Mines and Petroleum was a department of the Government of Western Australia until it was superseded by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety on 1 July 2017.[2] The department was formed on 1 January 2009, out of the former Department of Industry and Resources and Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, which were split into three new departments, the Department of Mines and Petroleum, the Department of State Development and the Department of Commerce.[3]

Its focus is the resources sector, maintaining a mining and petroleum regulatory role and incorporating the resources safety responsibilities from the former Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. It also oversees the Geological Survey of Western Australia.[3]

The department operates the MINEDEX website, a continuously updated database containing information on mines, mineral deposits and prospects in Western Australia.[4]

  1. ^ Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety Government of Western Australia, accessed: 30 May 2018
  2. ^ About DMIRS Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, accessed: 30 May 2018
  3. ^ a b Department of Industry and Resources Restructure Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 27 October 2010
  4. ^ MINEDEX website Archived 11 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 11 November 2010