❓ Mrs Warr asks about fisheries research funding, and the Minister provides figures for the current year and the average since DPIRD's inception in 2017-18, noting the exclusion of external funding.
AnsweredQoN 1774Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 February 2026
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Agriculture and Food; Fisheries; Forestry; Small Business; Mid West
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I refer to the resourcing of the Fisheries, and I ask : (a) How much funding was allocated to fisheries research in this financial year; and (b) How does that figure compare over the past 10 years?
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Answered
18 March 2026
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Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Food; Fisheries; Forestry; Small Business; Mid West
Response time
9 days
(a-b) The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has budgeted $15.6 million for fisheries research in the 2025-26 financial year. Since the inception of DPIRD in 2017-18, the annual fisheries research expenditure has averaged $15.7 million. These totals exclude external funding. Reporting of 8 years (instead of the 10 years requested) is aligned to the Machinery of Government changes in 2017-18.
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