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Departments, agencies, corporations and authorities

List of departments, agencies, corporations and authorities:

A

Starting with A: * Albany Port Authority * Western Australian Alcohol and Drug Authority * Animal Resources Authority *

Arena Joondalup Arena Joondalup, known as HBF Arena under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a multi-purpose sports complex in Joondalup, Western Australia, located on 35 ha of parkland approximately 25 km north of Perth. It was officially o ...

Art Gallery of Western Australia The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) is a public art gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth. It is located near the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia and is supported and managed by the ...

B

Starting with B: * Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority * Broome Port Authority * Builders Registration Board of WA * Building and Construction Industry Training Fund * Building Disputes Tribunal * Bunbury Port Authority * Bunbury Water Board * Burswood Park Board * Busselton Water Board

C

Starting with C: * C. Y. O'Connor Institute * Central TAFE *

Central West TAFE Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

Challenge Stadium Perth Superdrome, known as HBF Stadium under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a sports complex in Perth, Western Australia. It is home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS). The venue is located in the suburb of Mount Cl ...

Challenger TAFE South Metropolitan TAFE (formerly known as Challenger Institute of Technology or Challenger TAFE) is a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institution with campuses in Armadale, Bentley, Carlisle, Fremantle, Jandakot, Kwinana, Mandurah, Mun ...

* ChemCentre * Childrens Court * Commissioner for Children and Young People * Commissioner for Occupational Safety and Health *

Conservation Commission Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...

Corruption and Crime Commission The Corruption and Crime Commission is an independent anti-corruption agency established on 1 January 2004 to improve the integrity of the Western Australian public sector and investigate allegations of misconduct against public officers. It t ...

Country Housing Authority A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while t ...

Curriculum Council The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is the statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia responsible for developing school curriculum and standards in education across Western Australia. The agency superseded the Curriculum ...

Curtin University of Technology Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

D

Starting with D: *

Dampier Port Authority Dampier may refer to: * Dampier, Western Australia – a port in the Pilbara region * Division of Dampier, an electoral division in Western Australia from 1913 to 1922 * Dampier County, one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales in Aust ...

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) is the Western Australian government The Government of Western Australia, formally referred to as His Majesty's Government of Western Australia, is the Australian state de ...

* Department of Communities *

Department of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

* Department of Finance *

Department of Fire and Emergency Services The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) is a government department that is responsible for fire and emergency services in Western Australia. The department came into being in 2012 as a result of the Perth Hills Bush Fire review.DFES ...

Department of Health A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their ow ...

Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation The Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation is a department of the Government of Western Australia. The department was formed on 1 July 2017, out of the former Department of State Development, the industry promotion and innovation fu ...

Department of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

* Department of Local Government, Sport & Cultural Industries *

Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety is a department of the Government of Western Australia. The department was formed on 1 July 2017, out of the former Department of Mines and Petroleum and Department of Commerce. A restr ...

* Department of Planning, Lands & Heritage * Department of Premier and Cabinet *

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is a Western Australian government department responsible for regulating and advancing agricultural and food industries, fisheries and regional development within the state. I ...

* Department of the Registrar Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission * Department of Training and Workforce Development *

Department of Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...

* Department of Treasury *

Department of Water and Environmental Regulation The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation was formed on 1 July 2017, when the Department of Environment Regulation (DER) amalgamated with the Department of Water and the Office of the Environmental Protection Authority. It is respons ...

* Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment *

Disability Services Commission Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, se ...

* District Court of Western Australia * Drug and Alcohol Office

E

Starting with E: *

Economic Regulation Authority (WA) An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

Edith Cowan University Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public university in Western Australia. It is named in honour of the first woman to be elected to an Parliaments of the Australian states and territories, Australian parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Aust ...

* Electoral Commission, Western Australian * Electorate Offices * Electricity Generation Corporation * Electricity Networks Corporation * Electricity Retail Corporation * Equal Opportunity Commission * Esperance Port Authority

F

Starting with F: * Family and Domestic Violence Unit *

Family Court of Western Australia The Family Court of Western Australia is a state court that deals with family law. It was established by the passing of the ''Family Court Act'' (WA, 1975) and commenced operation in 1976. It is a state family court under section 41 of the Comm ...

* Fire and Emergency Services Authority * Forest Products Commission *

Fremantle Port Authority Fremantle Port Authority, also known by its registered business name Fremantle Ports, is the responsible authority created under the Western Australian Port Authorities Act 1999. Harbour administration In August 1829 the Fremantle Harbour Maste ...

G

Starting with G: * Gas Disputes Arbitrator, Western Australia * Gascoyne Development Commission *

Gold Corporation Gold Corporation is an Australian company owned by the Government of Western Australia, established by the Gold Corporation Act 1987, with a mandate to operate the Perth Mint, market Australian gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbo ...

* Goldfields Esperance Development Commission * Government Employees Superannuation Board *

Governor of Western Australia The governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. As with the other governors of the Australian states, the governor of Western Australia performs constitutional ...

* Great Southern Development Commission * Great Southern TAFE * Greyhound Racing Association, Western Australian

H

Starting with H: * Hairdressers Registration Board of WA * Health Promotion Foundation Western Australia *

Heritage Council of Western Australia The Heritage Council of Western Australia is the Government of Western Australia agency created to identify, conserve and promote places of cultural heritage significance in the state. Prior to its creation, considerable variance in policy and ...

Horizon Power Horizon Power is a commercially focused, state government-owned, power company that provides power supplies to Western Australia. It is responsible for generating, procuring, distributing and retailing electricity to residential, industrial and co ...

Housing Authority A housing authority or ministry of housing is generally a governmental body that governs aspects of housing or (called in general " shelter" or "living spaces"), often providing low rent or free apartments to qualified residents. The existence o ...

I

Starting with I: * Independent Market Operator * Insurance Commission of Western Australia

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Starting with K: *

Kimberley Development Commission The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami deserts in the region of the Pilbara, an ...

* Kimberley TAFE

L

Starting with L: * Land Surveyors Licensing Board *

LandCorp Landcorp Farming Limited ("Landcorp") is a state-owned enterprise of the New Zealand government. Its brand name is Pāmu, the Te Reo Māori word 'to farm'. Its core business is pastoral farming including dairy, sheep, beef and deer, as well as ...

* Law Compass *

Law Reform Commission of Western Australia The Law Reform Commission of Western Australia is a commission to investigate, review and advise on the reform of the law in Western Australia, a state of Australia. The present commission came into existence on 31 October 1972. History There ...

* Legal Aid Western Australia * Legal Practice Board * Legislative Assembly * Legislative Council * Liquor Commission of Western Australia *

Lotterywest Lotterywest was established in 1932 as the Lotteries Commission of Western Australia, to run the lottery in Western Australia. It is referred to in the legislation as the Lotteries Commission. It distributes profits to a number of community bene ...

M

Starting with M: *

Main Roads Western Australia Main Roads Western Australia (formerly the Main Roads Department) is a statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia that is responsible for implementing the state's policies on road access and main roads. It operates under the ''M ...

* Mental Health Commission * Metropolitan Cemeteries Board *

Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA) was a statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia. It was established on 1 January 2012 pursuant to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Act 2011 and reported to the Minister ...

* Mid West Development Commission * Midvale SpeedDome * Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia *

Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its n ...

N

Starting with N: * Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia *

North Metropolitan TAFE North Metropolitan TAFE is a state government-funded educational facility delivering Technical and Further Education (TAFE). It services the northern suburbs of Perth across ten campuses. It was formed on 11 April 2016, when the State Governmen ...

O

Starting with O: * Office of Aboriginal Health * Office of the Appeals Convenor * Office of the Auditor General * Office of the Chief Nursing Officer * Office of Chief Psychiatrist * Office for Children & Youth * Office of Crime Prevention * Office of the Custodial Inspector * Office of Development Approvals Coordination *

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the office or official charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world. The title is used mainly in jurisdictions that are or have been members o ...

* Office of E-Government *

Office of Energy An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific du ...

* Office of Equal Employment Opportunity * Office of Government Procurement * Office of Health Review * Office of the Information Commissioner * Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services * Office of Multicultural Interests * Office of Native Title *

Office of the Ombudsman An ombudsman (, also ,), ombud, ombuds, ombudswoman, ombudsperson or public advocate is an official who is usually appointed by the government or by parliament (usually with a significant degree of independence) to investigate complaints and at ...

* Office of Population Health Genomics * Office of the Public Advocate * Office of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner * Office of Road Safety * Office of Safety and Quality in Health Care * Office of Shared Services * Office of the State Coroner * Office of State Revenue * Office of State Security and Emergency Coordination * Office of Training Accreditation Council * Office for Women's Policy * Office for Youth

P

Starting with P: * Painters Registration Board *

Parliament of Western Australia The Parliament of Western Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Western Australia, forming the legislative branch of the Government of Western Australia. The parliament consists of a lower house, the Legislative Ass ...

* Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations * Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission * Parliamentary Services Department * Peel Development Commission * Perth Market Authority *

Perth Motorplex Perth Motorplex is a motorsport venue located at Kwinana Beach, Western Australia. It caters mainly for drag racing and speedway, although other events are held there regularly. Over 275,000 patrons attend the venue each year to many varied events ...

Perth Observatory The Perth Observatory is the name of two astronomical observatory, observatories located in Western Australia (WA). In 1896, the original observatory was founded in West Perth, Western Australia, West Perth on Mount Eliza (Western Australia), ...

Perth Theatre Trust The Perth Theatre Trust is a statutory authority which manages and operates cultural venues in Western Australia. It manages His Majesty's Theatre, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, the Subiaco Arts Centre (leased from the City of ...

* Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia * Pilbara Development Commission * Pilbara TAFE *

Western Australian Planning Commission The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) is an independent statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia that exists to coordinate strategic and statutory planning for future urban, rural and regional land use. The authori ...

* Port Hedland Port Authority * Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia * Public Sector Commission * Public Transport Authority *

Public Trust Office The Public Trust Office is a heritage-listed office building at 19–21 O'Connell Street, Sydney, Australia. It was designed by Ross & Rowe and built from 1926. It is also known as the Public Trustee. It was originally known as Rofe Chambers. I ...

R

Starting with R: * Racing and Wagering Western Australia * Regional Power Corporation * River Guardians * Rockingham Development Office *

Rottnest Island Authority Rottnest Island ( nys, Wadjemup), often colloquially referred to as "Rotto", is a Islands of Perth, Western Australia, island off the coast of Western Australia, located west of Fremantle. A sandy, low-lying island formed on a base of Eolianite ...

* Rural Business Development Corporation

S

Starting with S: * Salaries and Allowances Tribunal *

School Curriculum and Standards Authority The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is the statutory authority A statutory body or statutory authority is a body set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or sta ...

ScreenWest Screenwest is Western Australia's screen funding and development organisation, working in partnership with the screen industry to develop, support and promote film, television and digital media production in Western Australia. Screenwest receives ...

* Seniors Card Centre * Seniors Contact *

Small Business Development Corporation The Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC) is an independent statutory authority, established in 1984 under the Small Business Development Corporation Act 1983 by the Government of Western Australia. The primary role of the SBDC is to e ...

* Small Business Solutions * Solicitor General * South West Development Commission * South West Institute of Technology * State Administrative Tribunal * State Law Publisher *

State Library of Western Australia The State Library of Western Australia is a research, education, reference and public lending library located in the Perth Cultural Centre in Perth, Western Australia. It is a portfolio agency of the Western Australia Department of Culture and t ...

State Records Office of Western Australia The State Records Office of Western Australia (SRO) is the Western Australian government authority with responsibility for identifying, managing, preserving and providing access to the state's archives. The SRO also delivers best-practice records ...

* Supreme Court of Western Australia * Sustainable Energy Development Office *

Swan River Trust The Swan River Trust was a Western Australian state government statutory authority defined by the Swan and Canning Rivers Management Act 2006. The Trust reported to the Minister for Environment. It was preceded by the Swan River Management A ...

* Swan TAFE * Synergy Energy

T

Starting with T: * Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia * The National Trust of Australia (Western Australia) *

The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilities ...

Transperth Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system serving the city and suburban areas of Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. It is managed by the Public Transport Authority (PTA), a state government organisation. Train op ...

TransWA Transwa is Western Australia's regional public transport provider, linking 240 destinations, from Kalbarri in the north to Augusta in the south west to Esperance in the south east. The Transwa system provides transport to the major regional ...

V

Starting with V: * Valuer General * VenuesWest *

Verve Energy Verve Energy was a Western Australian Government owned corporation responsible for operating the state's electricity generators on the state's South West Interconnected System (SWIS). It was split from the then vertically integrated Western Powe ...

* Veterinary Surgeons Board

W

Starting with W: * Waste Authority *

Water Corporation Water Corporation is the principal supplier of water, wastewater and drainage services throughout the state of Western Australia. It is the seventh successive agency to deal with the services in Perth, Western Australia. With offices in Perth ...

* West Coast TAFE * Western Australia Gas Disputes Arbitrator * Western Australia Police Service * Western Australian Alcohol and Drug Authority * Western Australian Building Management Authority * Western Australian College of Teaching *

Western Australian Electoral Commission The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as ''electorates'' or ''seats''. The ''Electoral Distribution Act 1947'' requires regular review of electoral ...

* Western Australian Greyhound Racing Association *

Western Australian Institute of Sport The Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) is an elite sports institute set up in 1983 by the Government of Western Australia to support athletes in Western Australia. Previously, if elite athletes from Western Australian needed to train or ...

* Western Australian Land Authority * Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate) *

Western Australian Museum The Western Australian Museum is a statutory authority within the Culture and the Arts Portfolio, established under the ''Museum Act 1969''. The museum has six main sites. The state museum, now known as WA Museum Boola Bardip, officially re-ope ...

Western Australian Tourism Commission Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US * Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that i ...

Western Power Corporation Western Power Corporation (WPC), owned by the Government of Western Australia, was Western Australia's major electricity supplier from 1995 until 2006. It was formed in 1995 when the monopoly electricity and gas supplier, the State Energy Co ...

* Wheatbelt Development Commission * WorkCover Western Australia Authority * WorkSafe

Z

Starting with Z:Government of Western Australia website: Departments And Agencies - Z
accessed: 3 November 2010 * Zoological Parks Authority

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