About us

The new Department of Transport began operations on 1 July 2009, after the former Department for Planning and Infrastructure was split into 3 new agencies. The transport function is integral to business and commerce and important for social interaction and connecting communities.

Our key focus is on operational transport functions and strategic transport planning and policy across the range of public and commercial transport systems that service Western Australia. With more than 1000 employees, we have the expertise to deliver and connect a complex, inter-related economic and social network.

We connect people with goods and services through an intricate system of roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways and educate and regulate to keep them safe within those networks. We co-ordinate and prioritise the transport related infrastructure that allows our economy to grow.

Organisational structure

Led by Acting Director General, Menno Henneveld, the new Department of Transport operates under an interim corporate structure. Mr Henneveld is responsible to the Public Sector Commissioner and the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.

• Department of Transport (pdf 101kb)

Ministers

• Honourable Simon O’Brien MLC
  Minister for Transport; Disability Services
  
  
• Honourable Brendon Grylls MLA
  Minister for Regional Development; Lands; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development; Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport

Our partners

We work closely with other State agencies and various stakeholders across the community. Most of our work is in partnership with:

• Department of Planning
• WA Planning Commission
• Department of Regional Development and Lands
• Main Roads WA
• Public Transport Authority
• Office of Road Safety
• the State’s 8 port authorities