News Articles for Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions

The Raft operator has flagged a redesign and relocation of the floating restaurant to the South Perth foreshore, which is expected to cost $2 million.

A Wiluna-based Aboriginal wild sandalwood harvester has urged the state government to exit the industry so more Indigenous groups can establish their own businesses on country.

The provision of tourism-related infrastructure will need to lift to meet WA's growing potential.

Fresh concerns have broken out over the level and style of consultation in Esperance surrounding the South Coast Marine Park

South West farmers have sued the state government for more than $9 million for alleged damage over 18,000 hectares of land during a bushfire in 2018.

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.

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The state government is calling for tenders to upgrade visitor amenities at Penguin Island ahead of the run-down discovery centre's looming demolition.

Small, local businesses object to foreign influence in south coast marine park process.

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Former NOPSEMA chief Stuart Smith has been appointed as director general of a state government department and will oversee the Rottnest Island and Zoological Parks authorities.

The state government has ramped up its commitment to end native logging in the South West with a $36 million investment towards forestry management in the upcoming budget.

The state government has committed about $20 million to prepare an "extraordinary" solar eclipse event for the thousands of visitors expected to visit WA.

Jandakot-based Dunn Aviation has landed a five-year contract from the state government to assist with bushfire control across four regions.

Perth Zoo wants as much public involvement as possible as it embarks on its 20-year masterplan.

The City of Rockingham is facing the potential loss of one of its iconic natives.

Privately owned Helicopter Logistics has been contracted by the state government to provide bushfire-related services for $25.6 million.

The state government has hailed the findings of new research from Deloitte Access Economics purporting to show Ningaloo Coast as an economic powerhouse of northern WA.

The state government has foreshadowed a big investment in a single radio network for emergency services agencies while also awarding local firm Omnitronics an upgrade contract.

A Mid West construction company will build two jetties on the Beacon and East Wallabi islands, as part of a $4.3 million state government project.

Owen Nevin has been named chief executive of WA's Biodiversity Science Institute on the same day the state government pledged $3.4 million to the organisation.

The state government has unveiled reform packages designed to improve procurement processes and environmental approvals, with the latter seen as an important step towards a keenly awaited bilateral approvals plan with the federal government.

As catastrophic as the coronavirus-caused economic shutdown is for some, other businesses are finding opportunity

The state government has approved an application by the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation to build accommodation at Millstream Chichester National Park, with the company to develop glamping tents, caravan sites and a new restaurant at the park.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Minderoo Foundation has pledged up to $2 million to The Nature Conservancy to undertake a series of activities to improve the Swan-Canning Estuary's health, including the restoration of lost shellfish reefs.