❓ Mr Huston requests detailed royalty information for minerals and resources in WA over the past decade, broken down by mineral, company, and applicable agreements. The answer refers him to the WA State Budget and the Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistics Digest.
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I refer to the State Government’s collection of royalties from the extraction and sale of minerals and resources in Western Australia, and I ask: (a) Please provide, for each of the last ten financial years (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25): (i) a breakdown of total royalty revenue by individual mineral/resource category (e.g. iron ore, gold, lithium, nickel, LNG, etc.), specifying both the total tonnage on which royalties were assessed and the total dollar amount collected; and (ii) for each mineral/resource category, a further breakdown by individual company, specifying: (A) the name of the company; (B) the tonnage attributed to that company; and (C) the dollar amount of royalties collected from that company; and (b) For each of the above years, where royalty collections are subject to State Agreement Acts rather than the general royalty regime: (i) identify the company and the mineral/resource concerned; (ii) specify the tonnage and dollar value collected; and (iii) state whether any royalty concessions, discounts, deferrals, or rebates were applied and, if so, the value of such concessions; (c) Where any companies are listed as joint ventures or partnerships, please state whether royalty data is reported on a joint venture basis or attributed proportionally to the participating companies; and if the latter, please specify the breakdown; and (d) Please confirm whether the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration (DMPE) maintains this data in a readily extractable form from its royalty collection system; and if not, detail how such records are stored and reconciled against Treasury’s reported royalty revenue?
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Answered
18 November 2025
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
7 days
Please refer to the WA State Budget.
The Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration publish the Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistics Digest annually.
The Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration publish the Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistics Digest annually.
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