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Formed | 1 January 2009 |
Preceding agencies | |
Dissolved | 1 July 2017 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Government of Western Australia |
Agency executive |
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Website | www |
The Department of Mines and Petroleum was a department of the Government of Western Australia until it was superseded by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety on 1 July 2017.[2] The department was formed on 1 January 2009, out of the former Department of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]