- Bushfood Supply Chain Voucher program to boost
business incubation and development support across Western Australia
- $130,000 funding round with vouchers of up to
$10,000 available
- Cook Labor Government providing quality jobs and
business opportunities
The Cook Labor Government has launched a supply chain voucher program
for Aboriginal-owned bush and agrifood businesses across Western Australia to
build capability and support growth.
The Bushfood Supply Chain Voucher program aims to empower emerging and
expanding Aboriginal businesses across Western Australia's bushfood and bush
products industries.
Vouchers of up to $10,000 per business are now available, providing
specialist support, business planning tools, and market connections to develop
sustainable, high-grade operations, and meet growing domestic and international
demand for high-value Aboriginal bushfood and bush products.
The program's pilot round, which closed earlier this year, awarded
vouchers to six businesses specialising in bush tea, honey, bush remedies,
fusion catering, snacks, and beverages.
More program information is available online from the Department of
Primary Industries and Regional Development website.
Businesses should contact the department's Bushfood Business Support team before applying to check eligibility.
Comments attributed to Regional Development Minister Stephen Dawson:
"The Cook Labor Government is proud to be backing our Aboriginal-owned
businesses and utilising our State's unique bushfood.
"The Bushfood Supply Chain Voucher program is designed to strengthen both
established and start-up Aboriginal bushfood businesses.
"It forms part of broader work to activate and accelerate economic opportunities
that support business success, and build strong and sustainable Aboriginal businesses
across WA."
Comments attributed to Agriculture and Food and Acting Aboriginal
Affairs Minister Jackie Jarvis:
"This voucher program
will help Aboriginal bushfood businesses boost supply chain participation,
build capability, and access new market opportunities both domestically and
abroad, supporting local jobs, growing regional economies and delivering
lasting economic benefits for Aboriginal communities across Western Australia.
"It reflects the Cook
Labor Government's commitment to growing a stronger, more diversified economy
by backing Aboriginal businesses to expand their reach, create employment
opportunities and share their unique products, cultural knowledge and expertise
with new markets."
