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❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about voluntary redundancies within the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration and its predecessors. The answer refers to another question due to the department's recent formation.

AnsweredQoN 1121Legislative Council

Asked

11 December 2025

Member

Hon Steve Martin

Portfolio

Mines and Petroleum; Finance; Electoral Affairs; Goldfields-Esperance

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I refer to all employees of the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration and I ask: (a) as of 30 June 2025, how many staff employed by the Department had previously accepted a voluntary redundancy for a former role at the Department, earlier iterations of the Department (e.g. after machinery of government changes), or any other Western Australian Government Department(s) or their earlier iterations: (i) at least once; (ii) at least twice; (iii) at least three times; (iv) at least four times; (v) at least five times; and (vi) more than five times; (b) for each of the following years, how many voluntary redundancies were taken by staff employed by the Department: (i) 2017-18; (ii) 2018-19; (iii) 2019-20; (iv) 2020-21; (v) 2021-22; (vi) 2022-23; (vii) 2023-24; and (viii) 2024-25; and (c) for each of the years in (b) what was the total cost of paying out voluntary redundancies for staff employed by the Department?

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Answered

24 February 2026

Responded by

Minister for the Environment representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Finance; Electoral Affairs; Goldfields-Esperance

Response time

5 days

(a)-(c) The Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration was formed on 1 July 2025. For matters relating to the former Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety please refer to Legislative Council Question On Notice 1120.

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