Western Trade Coast

26/09/2025

Now this would be something totally different but so close to the heart. Any spare time to volunteer with the team at Tourism Rockingham?

✨ Join Our Visitor Centre Volunteer Team! ✨

Do you love Rockingham and enjoy connecting with people? 💙
We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers of all age groups to join our friendly team at the Rockingham Visitor Centre.

🙌 What you’ll do:

Welcome visitors and share your knowledge of our beautiful coastline, history, and attractions

Assist with customer service, event & accommodation bookings, and general admin support

Be part of a vibrant team that values community and connection

🌟 What’s in it for you:

Gain valuable skills in tourism and customer service

Build confidence in a supportive environment

Enjoy flexible hours — weekdays or weekends, we’ll work with your availability

📌 The Visitor Centre is open 7 days a week, so whether you can spare a few hours during the week or on weekends, we’d love to hear from you!

👉 Interested?
Drop in to see us at 19 Kent Street, Rockingham,
call 9592 3464, or email [email protected]

Be part of something special — volunteer with us today! 🌊✨

09/02/2024

Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation are holding a survey and would appreciate you taking part.

The Phase 2 consultation survey is to support the development of a 10 Year Science and Technology Plan for WA.

This Plan will provide a cross government strategy that covers all elements of science and technology, identifying the State’s current capabilities and priority areas, along with current and future challenges that investment in science and technology can address. It will enable Western Australia to identify and leverage the State’s outstanding opportunities and competitive advantages by providing a clear vision and long term strategy to support local science, research and technology capability, performance and impact. This is an exciting opportunity to elevate Western Australia as a global hub of science and technology development.

Phase 1 of consultation involved extensive stakeholder workshops held across the State. The Findings Report for Phase 1 is attached.

Consultation Survey

The survey can be accessed here: https://jtsi.citizenspace.com/science-and-technology-plan/10-year-science-and-technology-plan-public-consult/

This survey is designed to be completed by those working in science and technology fields or in roles that support science and technology in some way. This includes those working in universities, government, research institutes and industry. However, anyone may complete the survey. You are welcome to circulate this survey within your networks. We are also conducting a separate survey aimed at the general public.

The survey will close at midnight on 18 February 2024.

Find and participate in activities run by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation

18/12/2023

Congratulations to the Kwinana Industries Council on the promotion of up and coming apprentices and trades.

Another one of our wonderful KIC Pre-apprentices has just secured an Apprenticeship.

Sydney, from South Coast Baptist College, will start her Apprenticeship with Alcoa in early 2024. Sydney completed the KIC iWOMEN Project when she was in Year 10 and has just successfully completed the first year of the KIC Female Engineering Pre-apprenticeship. Sydney is pictured with her Lecturer Alan Senior, South Metropolitan TAFE.

We know she will give 100% to succeed in her chosen career pathway – well done Sydney 😊

25/04/2023

Today we honor the courage and commitment of our ANZACs. We are forever grateful.

20/03/2023

Western Australian Premier, Mark McGowan, said he welcomes this latest milestone as BP begins the transformation of its Kwinana infrastructure into a renewables hub.

“This transformational project, which is one of five in the world, is a testament to the fact that Western Australia continues to be an ideal location to invest and do business,” Mr McGowan said.

“Initiatives like this bring significant benefits to our State, boost our strong economy and ensure we have a long line of local jobs and work for local businesses into the future.”

Read more:

The Western Australian Government has invested $300,000 in BP’s Kwinana Renewable Fuels project, which will see the former Kwinana crude oil refinery converted to a biofuel refinery.

14/03/2023

One of the world’s most powerful and greenest supercomputers will soon produce the most reliable and comprehensive climate change projections for Western Australia until the end of the century.

The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre’s Setonix supercomputer at Bentley will help governments, businesses, and communities understand and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Setonix takes just one second to do a calculation that would take a human 1.5 billion years to achieve. Its power is equivalent to 150,000 laptops working in unison.

The state-of-the-art projections will allow the Government to prepare for more intense extreme weather events like cyclones, floods and bushfires, better protect WA’s unique biodiversity and support major investment decisions in energy infrastructure, planning and regional development.

The first projections are expected to be available to climate scientists next year. They will then be analysed and processed for use by a broader audience.

14/02/2023

In recent years, the Western Trade Coast has also become a hub for innovation in the energy sector, with a number of companies and research institutions investing in new technologies and processes to increase efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of energy production. The has abundant energy resources and a strategic location making it a key player in the global clean energy market. Its robust infrastructure and skilled workforce ensure that its exports are reliable and of high quality.