The regions of Western Australia are distinct geographic areas of Western Australia, defined by the government of Western Australia for purposes of economic development administration. Together they comprise the whole of mainland Western Australia, with the exception of the Perth metropolitan area which is not contained in a region. Although originally defined for administrative purposes, they are a useful and convenient way of referring to regional areas of Western Australia, and so receive much wider usage.
The regions were established by the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993, which defined their extents and established Regional Development Commissions to promote their economic development. In defining the regions, an attempt was made to capture distinct socio-economic communities. For example, the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia has an economy based heavily on mining, whereas the Wheatbelt region is economically dependent on agriculture.
WesternAustralia is Australia 's largest state, covering the western most third of the mainland, bordering South Australia and the Northern Territory.
WesternAustralia's economy has been largely based on the extraction and export of mining and petroleum commodities, especially iron ore, alumina, natural gas, nickel and gold.
Whilst the sovereign of WesternAustralia is the Queen of Australia ( Queen Elizabeth II), and executive power nominally vested in her State representative the Governor (currently John Sanderson until August 2005, to be replaced by Governor-elect Ken Michael), executive power is effectively administered by the premier and ministers.
The regions of WesternAustralia are distinct geographic areas of WesternAustralia, defined by the government of WesternAustralia for purposes of economic development administration.
Together they comprise the whole of mainland WesternAustralia, with the exception of the Perth metropolitan area which is not contained in a region.
For example, the Goldfields-Esperance region of WesternAustralia has an economy based heavily on mining, whereas the Wheatbeltregion is economically dependent on agriculture.
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