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Minister for Mines and Petroleum is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Bill Johnston of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1894, for the government of Sir John Forrest , and has existed in almost every government since then.
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The department was formed on 1 July 2017, out of the former Department of Mines and Petroleum and Department of Commerce. [1] A restructuring of the Western Australian government departments was part of Mark McGowan's election campaign and, in the month after taking office, the number of government departments was reduced from 41 to 25. [2]
Employment in the Western Australian mining and petroleum industry has sharply increased over the last decade, from 85,163 in 2010, directly employing an average of 135,001 people during 2019–20. The largest employers were the iron ore (48.5%) and gold (23.4%) sectors. [2] [6]
Government Geologist (1896 was known as the Geological Survey Branch. [6] Before the change of 1992, the branches had become divisions: Geological Survey [7] Mining Engineering [8] Petroleum (usually known as the Petroleum Operations Division) [9] Government Chemical Laboratories [10] Corporate Services; Explosives and Dangerous Goods; Mining ...
Iron ore mining in Western Australia, in the 2018–19 financial year, accounted for 54 percent of the total value of the state's resource production, with a value of A$78.2 billion. The overall value of the minerals and petroleum industry in Western Australia was A$145 billion in 2018–19, a 26 percent increase on the previous financial year.
The ministries of Western Australia (also known as Cabinets) are the centre of executive power in the Government of Western Australia.They are composed of Ministers who are responsible for one or more portfolios, answer questions on those portfolios in Parliament, and control the operation and administration of departments, authorities, statutes and votes within those portfolios.
A Perth Chamber of Mines, founded in 1897, [3] quickly became defunct. [4] The Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie bodies merged in 1900, as the Chamber of Mines of Western Australia. [4] [5] The headquarters of the combined body were in the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines building. In the same era, there was also in London, a Westralian Chamber of Mines. [6]