The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) is the State’s lead agency in attracting private investment in resources exploration and development through the provision of geoscientific information on minerals and energy resources, and management of an equitable and secure titles systems for the mining, petroleum and geothermal industries.

It also carries prime responsibility for regulating these extractive industries and dangerous goods in Western Australia, including the collection of royalties, and ensuring that safety, health and environmental standards are consistent with relevant State and Commonwealth legislation, regulations and policies.

In addition to this, DMP is committed to educating the community about resource development and regulation in WA.

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WorkSafe is the Western Australian Government agency responsible for the administration of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984. It is a division of the Department of Commerce.

WorkSafe aims to reduce workplace fatalities and injury and disease rates in accordance with national targets, by:

• Reducing high incidence/severity risks
• Improving the capacity of business operators and workers to manage occupational safety and health effectively
• Preventing occupational disease more effectively
• Eliminating hazards at the design stage, and;
• Strengthening the capacity of government to influence occupational safety and health outcomes.

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Safe Work Australia was established by the Safe Work Australia Act 2008 with primary responsibility to lead the development of policy to improve work health and safety and workers’ compensation arrangements across Australia. It performs its functions in accordance with strategic and operational plans agreed annually by the Select Council on Workplace Relations.

Safe Work Australia is a tripartite body with the following members:

• An independent chair;
• Members representing the Commonwealth and each state and territory;
• Members representing the interests of workers;
• Members representing the interests of employers, and;
• The Chief Executive Officer.

As a national policy body Safe Work Australia does not regulate work health and safety laws. The Commonwealth, states and territories retain responsibility for regulating and enforcing work health and safety laws in their jurisdiction.

Safe Work Australia works under the Intergovernmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Occupational Health and Safety, formalising the cooperation between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to achieve harmonisation of OHS laws.

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