Year at a glance:
- Aligned our efforts to the ‘Our Priorities: Sharing Prosperity’ strategy to drive a whole-of-government approach to economic development.
- Provided $729.4m through the Royalties for Regions program towards 228 new and continuing initiatives.
- Opened the state-of-the-art Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratories at the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre.
- Launched Lanza tedera – a new high-value, drought-tolerant pasture legume variety to boost WA’s sheep industry.
- Facilitated Huon Aquaculture taking a 2200ha aquaculture lease off Geraldton to farm yellowtail kingfish.
- Successfully eradicated citrus canker from WA, following incursion in the Kimberley and Pilbara.
- Launched a non-lethal SMART drumlines trial to evaluate the effectiveness of shark hazard mitigation technology.
- Invested more than $6.3m in 70 projects through the Regional Economic Development Grants program.
- Won an Australian Biosecurity Award for our Statewide Array Surveillance Program – a marine pest early detection system.
- Commenced a five-year, $48m scientific research partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation.
- Coordinated approvals for, and started a 660km extension of the State Barrier Fence.
