Tuesday, 14 August, 2018 - 10:06
Grants to further grains research growth
A trio of young female researchers is at the forefront of efforts to improve WA’s grains industry.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development was formed on 1 July, 2017 as part of the Western Australian Government’s Machinery of Government changes.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development included the amalgamation of the Department of Agriculture and Food, Department of Regional Development, Department of Fisheries and the State's nine regional development commissions.
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8th | - | Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions | 2,000 |
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | 2,144 |
11th | - | Department of Energy Mines Industry Regulation and Safety | 1,927 |
12th | - | Department of Transport | 1,798 |
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A trio of young female researchers is at the forefront of efforts to improve WA’s grains industry.
The cost of hydrogen production could be competitive enough for Western Australia to become a exporter in the next decade, while use in applications such as remote area power systems is not far away.
Downer has been awarded a $6.9 million contract for work to revitalise Broome’s Chinatown streetscape, with works on Carnarvon Street and Dampier Terrace to start this month.
Increased state and federal funding and support are helping new and existing businesses in country WA.
Fremantle-based Ocean Grown Abalone has been granted a licence to develop 5,000 artificial reefs to harvest greenlip abalone at the company’s Flinders Bay lease, located in Augusta.
A drumline trial set to control and monitor great white shark numbers off Western Australia’s south west coast is set to go ahead, after the Environmental Protection Authority found no concerns.
The state government and the Grains Research and Development Corporation have signed a $48 million scientific partnership for research into Western Australia’s grainbelt soils and boosting grain production for local growers.
The state government will outlay $131.5 million of additional funds for the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) in the upcoming budget.
The South West Development Commission has won a $400,000 contract to deliver the federal government’s Tradestart service in the southern parts of Western Australia.
The former chief executive of the Potato Marketing Corporation and another senior public servant have been slammed by the Corruption and Crime Commission for a consulting arrangement where one allegedly used their position for enrichment at the state's expense.
Two of WA’s most influential women presented competing views on the role of government at a recent agribusiness forum.
Kununurra and Mandurah could be hubs for renewable hydrogen production, while the gas could be blended with natural gas already supplied through the state’s main transmission pipeline, as part of a series of projects revealed today.
The resources sector has enthusiastically embraced a new government-backed app designed to facilitate travel across Western Australia but the freight sector has been lukewarm in its response, despite being touted as a major beneficiary.
Agricultural exporters from Western Australia, including beef and pork producers, have received further assistance, with the state government joining the federal government in subsidising international flights to carry their goods.
Potential for a hydrogen industry in WA has been ignited in 2020, with at least 12 feasibility studies under way, while the federal government has announced $300 million to support the industry.
Western Australian researchers have bred a rare and emerging species of rock oyster, which the state government believes could help grow WA's nascent oyster industry.
Don’t let the science get ahead of market realities.
The state government has set up a quarantine zone in Coolbellup after confirming the detection of a Queensland fruit fly, warning an outbreak could cost WA millions to manage.
The state government has awarded $10.2 million worth of grants to 18 agribusinesses, including Tattarang’s Harvest Road Oceans.
More than 40 years in the making, the Ocean Reef Marina development is progressing, but it may yet have choppy waters to navigate.
Western Australia could produce a record-breaking 20 million tonnes of grain this season, according to the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia's crop report.
The state government will allocate $15.1 million in the 2021-22 budget to protect Western Australia’s primary industries from biosecurity risks.
Sustainability accreditations are helping WA businesses sell produce internationally.
A Williams-based ag business is growing its case for cultivating clean WA produce.
Harvey Water is progressing a market-led proposal for water infrastructure in the South West, after the state government cancelled support for Collie Water's $400 million plan.
A collaboration among WA's leading research bodies will be created as part of a $25 million investment into growing agricultural research and development in the state.
Spinifex Brewing Co and Singaporean food and agri-tech company The GrowHub are among the tenants to have signed on to move into the Shire of Murray’s food innovation precinct.
Australia seems to be missing the mark in terms of producing the agriculture leaders of the future.
THE dust is just starting to settle on a federal election won by a Labor Party that stood on a platform of climate change, cost of living, gender equity, and building Australia’s skills base.
The Shire of Ashburton is hoping state and federal government funds can help establish it as a regional hub.
Specialist labs, glasshouses and an emergency management operational centre will be built at Murdoch University, courtesy of $320 million in state government funding.
Murdoch’s vice-chancellor talks to Business News about the university’s recently overhauled 2030 strategy.
In the 2010s the state government backed three North West oyster trials. One failed, one is facing uncertainty, and one is on the cusp of success.
The WA Government has ordered a multimillion offshore patrol vessel capable of combatting drug runners and illegal fishing off the North West coast.
The state government is probing what needs to be done to ensure the latest attempt to establish a bioenergy industry in WA doesn’t suffer the same fate as efforts nearly two decades ago.
The state government has confirmed it has dropped the animal cruelty charges against live sheep exporter Emanuel Exports over the death of thousands of sheep in 2017.
Departmental concern over the planning process for an expansive marine park in the state’s south has been brushed off by state fisheries minister Don Punch.
The auditor general has issued an unprecedented opinion over finance controls at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, following a process deterioration last financial year.
High interest from commercial anglers in being paid to relinquish their quotas has given the state government the ability to double the length of a recreational demersal fishing window.
Treatment is underway at Hyde Park to remove the shot-hole borer infestation, which breached Western Australia’s biosecurity three years ago.
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