DMIRS WA

DMIRS WA (Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety - Western Australia, now the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety) is a Western Australian government department, formerly formed in 2017 by merging the departments of Commerce, and Mines and Petroleum. Richard Sellers was appointed Director General of the department in 2021. It holds several portfolios and enforces legislation like the Mines Safety and Inspection Act of 1994https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/filestore.nsf/FileURL/table14.pdf/$FILE/Table14.pdf?OpenElement. The channel was created on 16 February 2009, it likely served as the Department of Mines and Petroleum's YouTube channel before 2017, though no archives of the channel exist before 2022https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://www.youtube.com/@DMIRSWA.
== Background ==
The current ministers for the department are, MP for Baldivis, Reece Whitby, portfolios include Energy, Environment, and Climate Change; MP for Balcatta, David Michael, portfolios include Mines and Petroleum, Ports, Road Safety, assistant minister to Transport; MP for Fremantle, Simone McGurk, portfolios include Training and Workplace Development, Water, Industrial Relations; and MP for South Metro Region, leader of legislative council, Suzzane "Sue" Mary Ellery, portfolios include finance, commerce, and Women's interestshttps://www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/content/about-our-ministers.
One of the most notable organisations operated by DEMIRS is WorkSafehttps://www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/content/about-department.
== Content ==
The first video uploaded to the channel on 11 January 2010 was New to the job 1 with a duration of 5 minutes exactly, it has over 1, 700 views as of 19 March 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbvEuoIwGzs, the video being about work place safety, it was produced by WorkSafe as part of their ThinkSafe campaign, possibly originally made around 2001https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/pq/qsearch.nsf/9780751810d06b5848256c2300087758/87c56f114d83681b48256c22001268ca?OpenDocument.
The most popular video on the channel as of 19 March 2024, is Are you ready for WHS? Act now!, a 16 second video uploaded on 22 February 2022https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCQNnEitiZ8, it is a informative video regarding change in Work, Health, and Safety laws in Western Australia, with the ratification of the Work Health and Safety Act of 2020 in March, 2022https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/books/inc-guide-incorporated-associations-western-australia/work-health-and-safety-laws#:~:text=The%20Work%20Health%20and%20Safety,safe%20and%20healthy%20work%20environment..
== See also ==
* Western Australia
** Department of Fisheries WA
** Department of Fire and Emergency Fires, WA
* Australia
== References ==
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