The state government is tipping $55.7 million into a new agriculture research and development facility in Jandakot, alongside leasing a 5-hectare site in Wanneroo for field research.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Specialist labs, glasshouses and an emergency management operational centre will be built at Murdoch University, courtesy of $320 million in state government funding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
