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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 model WHS Act and Regulation are supported by codes of practice, [2] developed to give practical guidance on the requirements of the Workplace Health & Safety Act 2011 and Workplace Health & Safety Regulation 2011. The codes of practice are admissible in court as evidence of whether a duty has been complied with, and can also provide ...
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]
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 ...
Mineralogy v Western Australia was a case heard by the High Court of Australia at the same time as Palmer v Western Australia in 2020 and 2021, which held that the Iron Ore Processing (Mineralogy Pty Ltd) Agreement Amendment Act 2020 was not invalid or inoperative in its entirety. [1]
The agency jointly operates the Australian Marine Complex, together with the Western Australian Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation and AMC Management (WA) Pty Ltd. [7] Former Premier of Western Australia , Alan Carpenter , served on the board of DevelopmentWA from September 2020 [ 8 ] until retiring in December 2021.
Since 1832, acts have been passed in every year but 1890, the year the Western Australian Parliament was formed. [5] The last act to be passed prior to the establishment of the Parliament was the Electoral Act 1889, [7] assented to on 26 June 1890. [8] In 2023, the Western Australian Parliament passed 34 acts. [9]
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.