News Articles for Department of Parks and Wildlife

A not-for-profit group established and chaired by retiring Governor Kerry Sanderson has attracted strong corporate support in its mission to improve our state's parks.

A UWA research project could change the way fighfighters and farmers deal with the threat of bushfires.

Rather than succumb to a black hole of circumstance, the Perth Observatory has taken a proactive approach in ensuring it remains fully operational.

Moving state government departments out of Perth's central business district into regional and urban centres will have social benefits, according to Environment Minister Albert Jacob, as the government announced today the shift of 800 staff to a Primewest development in Joondalup.

Committee for Perth chief executive Marion Fulker has been appointed chair of the state government's new Conservation and Parks Commission.

SPECIAL REPORT: Unprecedented levels of private and public spending have WA on the cusp of becoming a tourism hotspot, but the state's reputation as Australia's quarry remains as a challenge.

SPECIAL REPORT: Economic diversity is just one of the region's attractions.

Motorsport in WA faces a pivotal moment next month when the WA Sporting Car Club holds an extraordinary general meeting.

A new location in Bunbury will be the home of the state government's Department of Parks & Wildlife, with up to 300 employees to be housed at a Koombana Drive headquarters.

Land management group Pilbara Corridors has appointed environmental scientist Ian Cotton as its new project manager to oversee the management of natural resources in the Fortescue River catchment o

Jim Sharp has been appointed as the inaugural director general of the Department of Parks and Wildlife.