The critical success factors supporting industry development

The Western Trade Coast possesses the critical success factors that industry needs to operate successfully longer term. These success factors include established infrastructure that provides efficient pathways to market and access to the critical energy and water requirements of industry; the availability of buffered industrial land and supportive environmental regulations, and the proximity to a skilled and available workforce. These success factors, combined with the unique ecosystem of industry relationships which provide a source of supply for key inputs, products and byproducts, has made the Western Trade Coast one of the most desirable heavy industrial precincts globally.

The Western Australian Government is focussed on ensuring that the competitive advantage of industries operating in the Western Trade Coast is maintained longer term. Established industries are looking to expand their operations, and there are transformational opportunities that will be central to the Government’s economic development, diversification and decarbonisation agenda. The Government will play a central role in the realisation of these opportunities through investment in critical infrastructure upgrades and expansions; ensuring the policy and regulatory settings are supportive of industry development, and that there is an overarching strategy and plan to inform industry and guide decision making of government and industry.

Figure 1.3 Critical success factors supporting industrial development in the Western Trade Coast

Available land

Established infrastructure

Availability of industrial land and the industry buffers to support heavy industry development.

Established transport infrastructure providing pathways to market, and energy and water infrastructure providing critical electricity, gas and water supplies to support industry

Skilled local workforce

A skilled, local and available workforce to support industry by virtue of its location within the greater Perth Metropolitan Region.

Regulatory certainty

A stable policy and regulatory environment, allowing for the establishment of a heavy industrial area within the Perth Metropolitan Area.

Industrial synergies

The symbiotic industry relationships provide a source of supply for key inputs, products and by-products for industries operating in the region.

Market proximity

Strategically located within the Perth Metropolitan Area, with established freight infrastructure providing an efficient pathway to market for industries operating in the Western Trade Coast.