Annual report 2019: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Annual report
Outlines operations, performance and achievements for the financial year 2018–19.
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Year at a glance:

  • Aligned our efforts to the ‘Our Priorities: Sharing Prosperity’ strategy to drive a whole-of-government approach to economic development.
  • Provided $729.4m through the Royalties for Regions program towards 228 new and continuing initiatives.
  • Opened the state-of-the-art Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratories at the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre.
  • Launched Lanza tedera – a new high-value, drought-tolerant pasture legume variety to boost WA’s sheep industry.
  • Facilitated Huon Aquaculture taking a 2200ha aquaculture lease off Geraldton to farm yellowtail kingfish.
  • Successfully eEradicated citrus canker from WA, following incursion in the Kimberley and Pilbara.
  • Launched a non-lethal SMART drumlines trial to evaluate the effectiveness of shark hazard mitigation technology.
  • Invested more than $6.3m in 70 projects through the Regional Economic Development Grants program.
  • Won an Australian Biosecurity Award for our Statestatew-Wide Array Surveillance Program – a marine pest early detection system.
  • Commenced Began a five-year, $48m scientific research partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation.
  • Coordinated approvals for, and started a 660km extension of the State Barrier Fence.