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WorkSafe is an agency within the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, which is part of the Government of Western Australia, and responsible for the administration of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1984. [1]
The Conservation Commission of Western Australia, responsible for assessing and auditing the performance of the department, was also created by the CALM Act. [3] Now (as of 2020 renamed the Conservation and Parks Commission), [4] its functions have broadened, with its purpose stated as "to act as an independent and trusted community steward and ...
The department, through the Geological Survey of Western Australia, operates the Minedex website, which contains comprehensive information on mining and exploration sites and projects in Western Australia. [3] In May 2021, the department was one of eight Western Australian Government departments to receive a new Director General with Richard ...
The 1971 act was subsequently replaced by the Environmental Protection Act 1986. On 27 November 2009 the Western Australian Government formed a dedicated department to support the EPA, known as the Office of the Environmental Protection Authority (OEPA), in order to provide the Authority with greater independence and control of its policies and ...
The department was led by Director General Anne Driscoll from May 2017 to 14 March 2021, at which point Karen Ho took up the role in an acting capacity, [4] because of Driscoll's retirement. The department was one of eight Western Australian Government departments to receive a new Director General at the time. [5]
Minister for Environment, formerly Minister for the Environment is a position in the government of Western Australia, held by Reece Whitby. The position was first created in December 1970, in what would be the last months of the government of Sir David Brand. It has existed in every government since then, sometimes under different titles.
In 1850, the British Parliament passed an act, the Australian Constitutions Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 59), that permitted the Australian colonies to establish legislative councils that were one-third nominated and two-thirds elected, but only under the condition that the colonies take responsibility for the costs of their own government ...
Palmer v Western Australia was a case heard by the High Court of Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic, which held that the Quarantine (Closing the Border) Directions and the authorising legislation, the Emergency Management Act 2005, were not impermissibly infringing section 92 of the Constitution of Australia.