❓ Mr. Grylls asks about the partnership between Giovi Agriculture and Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation. The Minister for Water highlights the project's success in attracting private investment, creating jobs, and providing opportunities for the Mowanjum community and the broader Kimberley region.
AnsweredQoN 340Legislative Assembly
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MOWANJUM ABORIGINAL CORPORATION–GIOVI
AGRICULTURE PARTNERSHIP
340. Mr B.J. GRYLLS to the Minister for
Water:
Mr Speaker —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : That is enough.
Mr
B.J. GRYLLS : I note the minister's recent announcement that Western
Australian agribusiness Giovi Agriculture has entered a new business venture
with Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation. Can the minister inform the house what
this partnership is about?
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, do you want another rest?
AGRICULTURE PARTNERSHIP
340. Mr B.J. GRYLLS to the Minister for
Water:
Mr Speaker —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : That is enough.
Mr
B.J. GRYLLS : I note the minister's recent announcement that Western
Australian agribusiness Giovi Agriculture has entered a new business venture
with Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation. Can the minister inform the house what
this partnership is about?
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for West Swan, do you want another rest?
AnswerView source ↗
Thank you, Mr Speaker, and I thank
the member for the question. This is the result of the $40 million investment
made through royalties for regions into the Water for Food project. It is one
of 11 projects under the Water for Food banner, which sits under the Seizing
the Opportunity banner, and is about pumping money into expanding agriculture
in Western Australia. It is about diversifying our economy and it is creating
real jobs and opportunity right across the state. Members have heard me talk
about this project many times. It is particularly close to my heart, and it is
making an enormous difference in the not only community of Mowanjum, but also
its neighbours and the broader Kimberley part of the state.
We have reached another significant
milestone in that project. One of the key objectives of the trial was to ensure
that we attract private investment into the trial in which we invested taxpayer
dollars. It has an outstanding arrangement with Giovi Agriculture, which is a subset
of Wellard. It has a long association, is a family-owned business and is a significant
player in the agricultural private sector. It will bring an incredible amount
of support and industry knowhow to Mowanjum as it continues to expand its
business in its stand‑and‑feed graze model for the beef industry in
the Kimberley. I congratulate Tim Macnamara from Giovi, who formed the
partnership with the Mowanjum board. It has shown incredible leadership in
continuing to drive outcomes and stretch that community to be the best that it
can be. Every time I visit the community, I find it really inspirational to see
the progress that has been made, simply because it has a different economic
future to look forward to for its kids.
The other important milestone that
has been reached—we were up there recently—is the formal
induction of two new trainees. Another important outcome that we wanted as a part
of the trial was to generate opportunities for the young people of not only
Mowanjum, but also Derby. They are working very closely with employment
agencies and some of the training sector. They are out there on the field and
are incredibly proud to be recognised as the first inductees. They will
certainly be wonderful role models for other participants who are coming up
through the ranks, because some of the children at the local school in Derby
are involved in a range of programs. They now see the leadership from the trainees
who have been engaged as part of Water for Food. We are proud of this project.
It is inspiring other organisations, pastoralists and traditional owners to
take up the challenge in not only Kimberley, but the Pilbara and right across
the north of our state. This state government is putting in place not only the
science, but also the changes to land tenure to allow that to happen and to
create better opportunities and change the future for many of those
communities, without which they would have no opportunity for real employment.
the member for the question. This is the result of the $40 million investment
made through royalties for regions into the Water for Food project. It is one
of 11 projects under the Water for Food banner, which sits under the Seizing
the Opportunity banner, and is about pumping money into expanding agriculture
in Western Australia. It is about diversifying our economy and it is creating
real jobs and opportunity right across the state. Members have heard me talk
about this project many times. It is particularly close to my heart, and it is
making an enormous difference in the not only community of Mowanjum, but also
its neighbours and the broader Kimberley part of the state.
We have reached another significant
milestone in that project. One of the key objectives of the trial was to ensure
that we attract private investment into the trial in which we invested taxpayer
dollars. It has an outstanding arrangement with Giovi Agriculture, which is a subset
of Wellard. It has a long association, is a family-owned business and is a significant
player in the agricultural private sector. It will bring an incredible amount
of support and industry knowhow to Mowanjum as it continues to expand its
business in its stand‑and‑feed graze model for the beef industry in
the Kimberley. I congratulate Tim Macnamara from Giovi, who formed the
partnership with the Mowanjum board. It has shown incredible leadership in
continuing to drive outcomes and stretch that community to be the best that it
can be. Every time I visit the community, I find it really inspirational to see
the progress that has been made, simply because it has a different economic
future to look forward to for its kids.
The other important milestone that
has been reached—we were up there recently—is the formal
induction of two new trainees. Another important outcome that we wanted as a part
of the trial was to generate opportunities for the young people of not only
Mowanjum, but also Derby. They are working very closely with employment
agencies and some of the training sector. They are out there on the field and
are incredibly proud to be recognised as the first inductees. They will
certainly be wonderful role models for other participants who are coming up
through the ranks, because some of the children at the local school in Derby
are involved in a range of programs. They now see the leadership from the trainees
who have been engaged as part of Water for Food. We are proud of this project.
It is inspiring other organisations, pastoralists and traditional owners to
take up the challenge in not only Kimberley, but the Pilbara and right across
the north of our state. This state government is putting in place not only the
science, but also the changes to land tenure to allow that to happen and to
create better opportunities and change the future for many of those
communities, without which they would have no opportunity for real employment.
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