Nominations for the 2017 Department of Mines and Petroleum Awards for Excellence are now open

Written on the 6 March 2017

As Western Australia's lead agency regulating the State's resources sector, the department is committed to ensuring the sector is developed and managed responsibly and sustainably for the benefit of all Western Australians.

To help showcase that our nationally significant industry is not only sustainable, but also meets the safety, environmental and community balance that is expected of industry today, the department has established the annual Awards for Excellence.

The Awards for Excellence brings together the prestigious Golden Gecko environmental awards, Community Partnership Resources Sector Award, and for the first time, the Safety and Health Resources Sector Awards.

By recognising exceptional advances and innovations throughout the resources sector, the department seeks to encourage higher industry standards to help develop and maintain community confidence in mineral and petroleum activities.

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