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Western Australian primary producers are encouraged to complete the 2025 Trade Aspirations and WA Exporter Directory Survey.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is identifying which markets, export activities and types of support matter most to WA agribusiness exporters. Your input will contribute directly to the planning of future trade initiatives and to demonstrate WA export capabilities through our exporter directory.
This is your opportunity to influence where government effort is focused including buyer inbound programs, overseas trade missions, and market readiness support.
DPIRD will use the results of this survey as part of its planning process for 2025-26 to:
- Identify and determine the locations for DPIRD's overseas trade missions
- Plan other export support activities and initiatives
- Include your business in the next edition of WA Exporter Directory.
If you are a WA agrifood exporter and would like your preferences to be considered as part of DPIRD’s overall trade planning as well as your key information included in the Directory, please access the survey through the link here and submit your responses by Tuesday 08 July 2025, 9 pm (AWST).
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Join the Directors from Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) on Wednesday 25 June for an information session on how your business can leverage FaBA to accelerate innovation. This event is a fantastic opportunity for the food and beverage industry to explore innovation opportunities through FaBA’s co-investment.
FaBA is actively seeking to work with Industry to co-invest in projects underpinning:
- New food and beverage ingredients or products;
- New processes that resolve processing and manufacturing challenges; or
- Innovations directly improving food and beverage production quality
With 1:1 matched, non-dilutive co-investment ranging from $100K to $5M, FaBA provides substantial support for innovation projects
Event Details
- Date: Wednesday, 25 June 2025
- Time: 2:30pm – 3:15pm AWST/ 45 minutes in-person or online
- Venue: DPIRD, Level 6, 1 Nash Street Perth WA or join us online!
Don't miss this chance to discover new opportunities and expand your business with FaBA, register now!
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This webinar is an introduction to the UK market for Australian exporters. Hear about the current economic, political and social landscapes paving the way for export growth.
Learn which key enablers and agreements you can use to grow your business in the market. You will also find out how to amplify this growth into third markets.
Austrade will highlight a few of the key challenges to doing business in the UK and answer the most common questions about the region.
The webinar will close with how best to work with Austrade in the UK, plus highlight an upcoming opportunity.
Key topics
- UK market drivers to facilitate export
- How to use the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement and other enablers
- More than London – third market opportunities
- The cost of being successful in the UK
- 5 most common questions
- How to work with Austrade - UK Landing Pad and key sectors.
Who it's for
Australian businesses that are looking to better understand the UK market and start exporting.
Webinar info
- Date: 10 July 2025
- Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AEST
- Location: Online
Register now for this event.
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Australia’s honey bee and pollination industry is at a turning point—and AgriFutures Australia is inviting beekeepers, bee breeders, researchers and industry stakeholders to help shape its future through the next Honey Bee & Pollination Program RD&E Plan.
The current Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan concludes in 2025, and work is now underway to develop a new plan that will guide investment and innovation through to 2030. Stakeholder input is critical to ensure the plan reflects the real needs, challenges and priorities of the industry.
About the Program
The AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program supports a productive, sustainable and profitable beekeeping industry while securing the pollination of Australia’s horticultural and agricultural crops. It invests in research to improve hive health, manage biosecurity threats such as varroa mite, enhance pollination services, and focuses on building industry capability through initiatives like early career researcher support and national breeding strategies.
Why it matters
The honey bee and pollination industry plays a vital role in Australia’s agricultural success. Some key highlights:
- The economic contribution of honey bee pollination to Australian crop production in 2020-2021 was $4.6 billion.
- Around two-thirds of Australian agricultural production relies on insect pollination—most of which is provided by honey bees. These pollination services are essential for the productivity of high-value crops such as almonds, apples, avocados, berries and melons.
- Across Australia, there are almost 2,000 commercial beekeeping enterprises and more than 47,000 recreational beekeepers.
Have your say
AgriFutures Australia invites all stakeholders to complete a short five-minute survey to help shape the future of RD&E for the honey bee and pollination industry. Your insights will directly influence the direction of future research and investment.
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In the recent results from the Decanter World Wine Awards 2025 (DWWA), Australia took home 65 gold medals, with 92 per cent of wines entered receiving an award.
Now in its 22nd year, DWWA is a global wine awards competition renowned for its rigorous judging process. This year’s awards featured wines from 57 countries, evaluated by 248 international wine experts.
‘What makes Decanter World Wine Awards so special is not only the calibre of the judges, the very high quality of the judge’s assessments of the wines, but also the reach they have globally,” said DWWA judge Tim Marson.
“Areas of specialism covering all major wine regions of the world and the fact that they come from around the world together in London for these two weeks of the year to judge at the biggest wine competition in the world.”
The range of medals awarded at DWWA includes Best in Show, Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Australia featured 80 wines, with four of them winning Best in Show — highlighting the quality and consistency of Australian wine across a range of styles and regions.
Margaret River in Western Australia also secured four Platinum medals, including Deep Woods Estate, Reserve Chardonnay 2023, a Cabernet Sauvignon, a Shiraz and the fortified wine Gralyn Estate, Museum Rare Muscat NV, plus 18 golds.
Source: Food& Beverage Magazine | Image: iStock - LukaTDB
Further information
Agribusiness, commercial fishing and aquaculture news from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD). If you have any questions or information to share, please email export@dpird.wa.gov.au.
Subscribe to Western Australian Agrifood Export eNews.
Important disclaimer
The Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and the State of Western Australia accept no liability whatsoever by reason of negligence or otherwise arising from the use or release of this information or any part of it.
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