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Our Priorities

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Our Priorities

Guided by our strategic priorities, the Commission works to sustain and enhance existing strengths while identifying opportunities for growth within the Wheatbelt.

How we work

To ensure a coordinated and strategic approach to regional development across WA, the Regional Development Portfolio Plan identifies five areas of focus.

These focus areas serve as a crucial mechanism for effectively coordinating efforts across regions, whilst also accommodating regional prioritisation. The five focus areas are:

Our Strategic Priorities

The Wheatbelt Development Commission has aligned its strategic objectives with the regional development themes and outlines the resulting four objectives in the Strategic Plan 2024-26.

Grow existing, and find and develop new industries

Through facilitation and advocacy, the Commission is dedicated to diversifying the regional economy by leveraging existing strengths while seeking to develop and support new industries and businesses across the Wheatbelt.

Enhance regional living standards

Promoting sustainable infrastructure and social development that improves regional liveability and ensures thriving and resilient Wheatbelt communities.

Increase Aboriginal participation in the regional economy

Partnering with Aboriginal organisations and corporations to unlock and promote opportunities for Aboriginal business development, procurement and employment.

Organisational Excellence

Committed to being a trusted partner in regional development through working in collaboration with the private and public sector to deliver regional outcomes.

WA Regional Development Framework
Regional development is fundamentally about the people who live, work and invest in our regions. It is about the community and economies in these regions, and how they contribute to a growing and sustainable future for all Western Australians.

Acknowledgement of Country

The Wheatbelt Development Commission respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands that we live and work on: the family and clan groups of the Ballardong, Goreng, Gubrun, Kalamaia, Njaki-Njaki, Whadjuk, Wiilman, Wudjari, Yued and Yamatji People of the Noongar Nation, their Elders past present and emerging.

We acknowledge their living culture and important role in the sustainable economic development and prosperity of the Wheatbelt region. Led by Noongar wisdom and philosophy, we are committed to embracing opportunities for Aboriginal economic development, entrepreneurship and wealth creation; being a voice of change and reconciliation; supporting sustainable and healthy communities; and empowering future leaders.

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