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- Step 6. Appeals, Objections and outcomes for Wardens Court and tenement applications – Prospecting Licence
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- Step 1. Check ground availability
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- Step 2. Marking out a tenement - General purpose lease
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- Step 2. Marking out a tenement - Retention Licence
- Step 3. Lodge application with the department
- Step 3. Lodge application with the department - Prospecting Licence
- Step 3. Lodge application with the department - Exploration Licence
- Step 3. Lodge application with the department - Mining Lease
- Step 3. Lodge application with the department - General purpose lease
- Step 3. Lodge application with the department - Miscellaneous licence
- Step 4. Serving of notices
- Step 7. Native Title explained
- Step 7. Native Title explained - Prospecting Licence
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- Step 7. Native Title explained - Mining Lease
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- Step 8. Compliance requirements after grant
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- Step 5. Documents required to be lodged before a mining tenement is granted - Prospecting Licence
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- Step 5. Documents required to be lodged before a mining tenement is granted - Mining Lease
- Step 5. Documents required to be lodged before a mining tenement is granted - General Purpose Lease
- Step 5. Documents required to be lodged before a mining tenement is granted - Miscellaneous Licence
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- Petroleum Acreage Release 1 of 2023 – Area L23-8
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- Acreage release nominations
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- Geothermal Acreage Release 1 of 2022 – Area G22-21
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- Petroleum Acreage
- Petroleum Acreage Release 2 of 2022 – Area L22-1
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- Petroleum Acreage Release 2 of 2022 – Area L22-8
- Major prospective areas
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- Acreage Release 1 of 2020
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- Hydraulic fracture inquiry: State Government’s Implementation Plan
- Dangerous Goods
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- Fireworks contractor licence - Scope of work
- What is a dangerous good?
- What are the requirements before manufacturing explosives?
- What are chemicals of security concern?
- When is a dangerous good site licence required?
- Applying for a dangerous goods site licence
- Renewing a dangerous goods site licence
- Applying for registration of a dangerous goods pipeline
- Applying to have a special berth declared
- What is required for the safe transport of dangerous goods?
- What is a placard load for dangerous goods transport?
- Renewing a dangerous goods driver licence
- Notifying change of details for dangerous goods licences
- Applying for dangerous goods exemption, determination or approval
- What is an explosive?
- Applying for an explosives manufacture licence
- Renewing an explosives manufacture licence
- Applying for a test permit for an unauthorised explosive
- Applying for an explosives storage licence
- Renewing a dangerous goods security card
- Notifying of temporary storage or handling of dangerous goods
- What is required for the safe transport of explosives?
- What placarding is required for dangerous goods and explosives transport?
- Applying for an explosives transport licence
- Renewing an explosives transport licence
- Applying for an explosives driver licence
- Renewing an explosives driver licence
- What are blast plans?
- Applying for an explosives import/export licence
- Renewing an explosives import/export licence
- Applying for an explosives supply licence
- Renewing an explosives supply licence
- Applying for a shotfirer licence
- Renewing a shotfirer licence
- What should be done with unwanted explosives, fireworks and flares?
- What is a firework?
- What are the requirements to manufacture fireworks?
- What is required for the safe use of fireworks?
- Applying for a fireworks contractor licence
- Renewing a fireworks contractor licence
- Applying for a fireworks event permit
- Applying for a fireworks operator licence
- Renewing a fireworks operator licence
- Applying for a pyrotechnics (special use) licence
- Renewing a pyrotechnics (special use) licence
- What is a security sensitive ammonium nitrate?
- Applying for a security sensitive ammonium nitrate manufacture licence
- Renewing a security sensitive ammonium nitrate manufacture licence
- Applying for a security sensitive ammonium nitrate storage licence
- Renewing a security sensitive ammonium nitrate storage licence
- Applying for a security sensitive ammonium nitrate fertiliser licence
- Renewing a security sensitive ammonium nitrate fertiliser licence
- How do I prove my identity?
- Applying for a security sensitive ammonium nitrate transport licence
- Commercial transport of explosives not requiring an explosives transport licence
- Renewing a security sensitive ammonium nitrate transport licence
- Application for approval of tank design
- Applying for a security sensitive ammonium nitrate import/export licence
- Renewing a security sensitive ammonium nitrate import/export licence
- Applying for a security sensitive ammonium nitrate supply licence
- Renewing a security sensitive ammonium nitrate supply licence
- When is a dangerous goods site also a major hazard facility (MHF)?
- Does a site’s dangerous goods inventory exceed the critical quantity?
- Applying for a major hazard facility site licence
- What are the requirements for decommissioning a major hazard facility?
- Applying for a dangerous goods vehicle licence
- Renewing a dangerous goods vehicle licence
- Renewing an explosives storage licence
- Applying for a dangerous goods driver licence
- Renewing an explosives manufacture (MPU) licence
- Notifying that critical quantity of Schedule 1 substances will be exceeded
- Applying for an explosives manufacture (MPU) licence
- What explosives are authorised?
- What is a mobile processing unit (MPU)?
- What is required for security sensitive ammonium nitrate licences?
- What is required for explosives licences?
- Preparing a safety report for a major hazard facility (MHF)
- What is the role of accredited dangerous goods consultants?
- What is the role of approved training providers for shotfiring?
- What is the role of approved training providers for dangerous goods transport?
- What are DFES Emergency Response Guides (FES-ERGs)?
- What is required for dangerous goods storage and handling licences?
- What are the route restrictions for dangerous goods and explosives transport?
- Documents and publications
- Legislation and Compliance
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- Legislative framework for resources safety and health
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- Applying for access to Resources Safety documents
- Statutory and other reviews and reports
- What are State explosive facilities?
- Dangerous goods schedule of fees and charges
- Notifying temporary storage or handling of dangerous goods
- Applying for approval of a safety report for a major hazard facility (MHF)
- Lodging a DFES emergency response guide (FES-ERG)
- Applying for registration of a dangerous goods pipeline
- Notifying export of explosives or security sensitive ammonium nitrate from Western Australia
- Notifying import of explosives or security sensitive ammonium nitrate into Western Australia
- Notifying import of fireworks from interstate
- Applying for approval of responders to dangerous goods transport emergencies
- Applying for accreditation as a dangerous goods consultant
- Renewing accreditation as a dangerous goods consultant
- Applying for approval as a training provider for dangerous goods transport
- What is the department's policy on enforcement and prosecution?
- Work health and safety laws
- How can I prepare for a dangerous goods storage and handling inspection or audit?
- What do you need to know about the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals?
- What is the Occupational Safety and Health Tribunal?
- Dangerous goods licensing
- What is the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT)?
- What are dangerous goods remediation notices, infringement notices and directions?
- What is a reportable dangerous goods incident?
- Reporting incidents involving dangerous goods
- Security clearances
- Applying for a test permit for an unauthorised explosive
- Applying to have an explosive authorised
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- Yamarna magnetotelluric (MT) survey 2019
- Albany–Fraser Orogen magnetotelluric (MT) surveys
- West Musgrave Province magnetotelluric MT survey 2011
- Gascoyne magnetotelluric (MT) survey 2007
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- Eucla–Gawler deep crustal seismic reflection and MT surveys 2013–14
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- Albany–Fraser Orogen deep crustal seismic reflection survey 2012
- Yilgarn Craton – Officer Basin – Musgrave Province (YOM) deep seismic reflection and magnetotelluric (MT) surveys 2011
- Southern Carnarvon deep seismic reflection survey 2011
- Youanmi deep seismic reflection and magnetotelluric (MT) surveys 2010
- Capricorn Orogen deep seismic reflection and magnetotelluric (MT) surveys 2010
- Kidson Sub-basin deep crustal seismic survey
- Eastern Goldfields high-resolution reflection seismic survey
- 3D geoscience
- WA State 3D Geomodel 2021
- Yilgarn Craton – Officer Basin – Musgrave Province 3D Geomodel 2013
- Windimurra 3D Geomodel 2015
- West Musgraves 3D Geomodel 2013
- West Gawler 3D Geomodel 2017
- Southwest Yilgarn 3D Geomodel 2021
- Southwest Canning Basin – Broome Platform 3D Geomodel 2020
- Southern Perth Basin 3D Geomodel 2020
- Sandstone 3D Geomodel 2015
- Rocklea Inlier 3D Geomodel 2012
- Murchison 3D Geomodel 2019
- Mount Brockman Syncline 3D Geomodel 2006
- Merlinleigh 3D Geomodel 2013
- Lawlers Anticline 3D Geomodel 2014
- East Yilgarn Craton 3D Geomodel 2019
- East Albany–Fraser Orogen 3D Geomodel 2018
- Capricorn Orogen Passive Array (COPA)
- Albany–Fraser Experiment (ALFREX)
- Minerals geoscience
- GSWA publications and maps
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- Documents and publications
- How do I
- Apply for a Programme of Work
- Lodge an annual environmental report, notification or report an incident
- Prepare a mine closure plan
- Lodge an Environment Plan
- Apply for excess tonnage
- Complete a Programme of Work (PoW) rehabilitation report
- Complete a rehabilitation report (prospecting)
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- View an approved mining proposal
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- Lodge a mining proposal
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- How do I
- What is a safety management system?
- When is a safety management system (SMS) reviewed and updated?
- Why is risk management important?
- What is a hazard and what is risk?
- How is risk assessed?
- How are hazards identified?
- How is risk controlled?
- What is 'reasonably practicable'?
- What is change management and why is it important?
- What is safe design?
- How is safe design verified?
- How should design changes and modifications be managed?
- What are safe work procedures (SWPs)?
- How is a safe work procedure (SWP) developed?
- What is a job safety analysis?
- How is a job safety analysis (JSA) developed?
- How should changes and modifications to a job safety analysis (JSA) be managed?
- How is safety leadership demonstrated?
- What is meant by safety and health culture?
- Product safety alerts
- What is inappropriate workplace behaviour?
- Is there a relationship between gender and safety?
- How can bullying be addressed?
- What is senior management's role in safety and health?
- What should be considered for effective safety and health supervision?
- What is contractor management and why is it important?
- Why are communication and consultation important to safety and health?
- How can consultation be improved?
- How can safety and health issues be resolved?
- What should be done about potentially dangerous situations?
- Reporting a safety and health complaint for a mining operation
- What is a safety and health representative for a mining operation?
- How can safety and health representatives help improve safety and health?
- How is a safety and health representative elected for a mining operation?
- Notifying result of election of a safety and health representative
- What is a safety and health committee?
- How is a safety and health committee established?
- What is the importance of training, information and instruction?
- What should be considered for a training management system?
- What should be considered for effective inductions?
- How can awareness training improve competency?
- What is competency and how is it assessed?
- What are certificates and certificates of competency and who needs one?
- Applying for a First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency
- Applying for a Quarry Manager's Certificate of Competency
- Applying for a Restricted Quarry Manager's Certificate of Competency (Explosive and Non-explosive)
- Applying for an Underground Supervisor's Certificate of Competency
- What high risk work needs to be licensed?
- Guidance about working at height
- Guidance about traffic management
- Guidance about electrical hazards
- Guidance about working with high voltage (HV) electricity
- Guidance about working with low voltage (LV) electricity
- Guidance about earth leakage protection
- Guidance about trailing and reeling cables
- Guidance about fire hazards
- Guidance about addressing some common fire hazards
- Guidance about explosion hazards
- Guidance about ground control
- Guidance about tyre management
- Guidance about tailings storage
- Guidance about gas outbursts
- Guidance about dangerous goods and explosives
- Guidance about working safely in confined spaces
- Guidance about hazardous manual tasks
- Guidance about inundation and inrush hazards
- Guidance about the isolation of hazardous energies
- Guidance about guarding
- Guidance about welding and other hot work
- Guidance about dogging, rigging and lifting
- Guidance about working in remote areas
- Guidance about exploration hazards
- Guidance about exploration drilling hazards
- Guidance about working alone
- Guidance about travelling for work
- Guidance about risk-based approach to health surveillance
- Guidance about dusts and other airborne contaminants
- Guidance about fibrous mineral hazards
- Guidance about underground air quality and ventilation
- Guidance about noise management and hearing conservation
- Guidance about hazardous chemicals
- Guidance about radiation safety on mining operations
- Guidance about heat and thermal stress management
- Guidance for mine sites, exploration camps and construction villages
- What is fitness for work?
- Guidance about working hours
- Guidance about preventing and managing fatigue
- Guidance about alcohol and other drugs
- Guidance about medical fitness
- Guidance about mental health and wellbeing
- Why is reporting important?
- Reporting a notifiable incident for a mining operation
- Reporting an injury for a mining operation
- Reporting monthly safety performance information (status report) for mining operations
- Reporting alleged bullying
- Reporting a safety and health complaint
- Why should accidents and incidents be investigated?
- What happens following a mining fatality?
- What is the Safety Regulation System (SRS)?
- What is a project management plan (PMP)?
- Submitting a project management plan (PMP)
- What records does a mining operation need to generate?
- What does a mining operation need to submit?
- Reporting results of atmospheric sampling
- Reporting occupational hygiene sample exceedance
- What are the duties of a noise officer?
- Notifying a noise report
- Submitting a noise control plan
- What are the duties of a radiation safety officer?
- What are mine plans?
- Submitting a mine plan
- How is the mine plan collection accessed?
- Requesting access to mine plans
- What are provisional improvement notices (PINs) for a mining operation?
- What constitutes a safety and health complaint for a mining operation?
- Refuge chambers in underground mines
- Risk management approach to emergency preparedness
- Developing emergency response plans
- Importance of emergency response training
- Why inspect, audit and review?
- Safety performance measurements for industry
- FAQs on structure of site operations in the Safety Regulation System
- What tools are available for inspections, audits and other reviews?
- Frequently asked questions on explosives magazine lighting
- FAQs on the reporting of health and hygiene sampling through the Safety Regulation System
- What types of plant are found on mining operations?
- High risk work licence training and verification of competency
- How is risk managed during the life cycle of plant?
- Human and organisational factors
- What are the requirements for classified plant?
- FAQs on the notification of statutory appointments
- Frequently asked questions about registering classified plant
- FAQs on the notification of election of safety and health representatives
- FAQs about online applications related to dredge, shaft sinking and winding systems, and high voltage installations
- Applying for registration of classified plant
- Guidance on mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP)
- Mentally healthy workplaces
- Resources for workers
- Resources for management
- Leading a mentally healthy workplace
- Psychosocial hazards and risk factors at work
- Risk management for mentally healthy workplaces
- Documents and publications
- What is happening
- Departmental prosecution activities
- Historical Legislation and compliance
- Reporting monthly safety performance information (status report) for onshore petroleum operations
- Reporting monthly safety performance information (status report) for offshore petroleum operations
- What are the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Safety Levies?
- What are prohibition, improvement and do-not-disturb notices for petroleum and geothermal energy operations?
- What incidents need to be reported for petroleum and geothermal energy operations?
- Reporting an occurrence for an onshore petroleum or geothermal energy operation
- Petroleum safety legislation
- Petroleum safety - guidance
- Reporting an accident or dangerous occurrence for a petroleum operation in offshore coastal waters
- What is freedom of information (FOI)?
- Regional inspectorate boundaries for mining operations
- What are the duties of an electrical supervisor?
- What licensing requirements apply to electrical work on a mining operation?
- Submitting a radiation management plan (RMP)
- Notifying appointment of a radiation safety officer
- How is radiation safety regulated in Western Australia?
- Reporting results of noise dosimetry
- Appointment of a noise officer
- Applying for approval as a noise officer
- Applying for registration as a hygiene sampler
- Notifying appointment of a ventilation officer
- What are the duties of a ventilation officer?
- Reporting results of biological monitoring
- What are the health assessment and monitoring requirements for mining operations?
- Notifying appointment of a mine surveyor
- What needs to be recorded in an electrical log book?
- What are the duties of the mine surveyor?
- What other records may be required?
- Notifying appointment of an electrical supervisor
- Notifying appointment of a high voltage (HV) operator
- Submitting a high voltage installation proposal
- Appointment of a classified plant inspector
- Applying for a mines safety exemption
- What are improvement and prohibition notices for a mining operation?
- What log or record books may be required?
- Referring a notice for review by the State mining engineer
- What are mine record books?
- Shaft sinking application and requests for approval
- Submitting a project management plan (PMP)
- Applying to operate a quarry without appointing a quarry manager
- Notifying abandonment of a mining operation
- Notifying suspension of a mining operation
- Notifying recommencement of a mining operation
- Notifying commencement of a mining operation
- What accidents and incidents need to be reported for a mining operation?
- What is involved in reporting an accident or incident for a mining operation?
- Applying for a dangerous goods site licence for a major hazard facility (MHF)
- Applying for mutual recognition
- Notifying proposed exploration activities
- Notifying appointment of on-site person responsible for exploration activities
- Notifying appointment of registered manager as exploration manager
- Notifying appointment of exploration manager
- Notifying appointment of alternate quarry manager
- Notifying appointment of quarry manager
- Notifying appointment of underground manager
- Notifying appointment of alternate underground manager
- Notifying appointment of alternate registered manager
- Notifying appointment of registered manager
- Notifying details of principal employer
- What appointments may be required for mining operations?
- What is the Mines Safety and Inspection Levy?
- What is the Mining Industry Advisory Committee (MIAC)?
- What is the Board of Examiners?
- What is the Mines Survey Board?
- Minerals safety - guidance
- Minerals safety - codes of practice
- Minerals safety legislation
- Paying the safety system levies for petroleum and geothermal energy
- Submitting a diving start-up notice
- Paying the annual fee to manufacture explosives on a State explosive facility
- Paying the annual fee to store explosives on a State explosive facility
- Winding system application and request for approval
- Towards 2020 Regulatory strategy
- Applying to operate an underground operation without appointing an underground manager
- Frequently asked questions on the mines safety levy audit
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