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Pioneering Contributions
01 · Who I Am Through What I Have Built
A career of firsts.
The systems, frameworks and reforms I have helped bring into being. Each one shaping how Western Australia plans, decides and delivers.
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The Map
02 · Framing the Territory
The Westport experience, mapped.
A view of how the moving parts connect, what I have seen, what has emerged, and how the Western Trade Coast story has been quietly shaping itself.
Central Question
How to leverage the investment in Westport Stage 3.
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Industry Engagement & Supply Chain
- Port Operations Taskforce
- Industry partnerships (KIC)
- Future operating model
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Operating Model, Training & Future of Work
- TAFE · Universities
- Department of Training and Development
- Workforce transition planning
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Aboriginal Engagement
- Noongar Chamber of Commerce
- Cultural narrative of Kwinana
- Skill mapping for delivery
04
Environmental Management
- Cockburn Sound resilience
- Digital EIA · WAMSI
- Boating & fishing social licence
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Future of Fremantle
- Integrated master plan
- Road & rail constraints
- Beyond cruise economy
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Latitude 32 & Development WA
- Heavy industrial planning
- Intermodal land use
- Transition for hardship cases
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Historic Context
03 · Historic Context
WTC development since Westport.
What has emerged in the territory since Westport opened it up.
01Global green industrial precinct
02Global green port
03Defence hub
04Advanced manufacturing
05Electrification and industrial decarbonisation
06KIC advocacy
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The Budget
04 · 2026 to 27 WA State Budget
Real money in. The momentum window opens.
Targeted investment in the foundations the Western Trade Coast actually needs, plus the structural recognition that has been a long time coming.
$1.1B
Anketell Road
Matched State and Federal upgrade.
$1.4B
Clean Energy Fund
Clean Energy Link Kwinana included.
$51M
Industrial Land
Kwinana, Broome, Pinjarra.
$30M
AMC CUF
Common User Facilities (Federal).
Structural Signal
The WTC is now WA's first State Development Area. A signal a long time coming.
What's Still Missing
Kwinana Port congestion remains unfunded. Workforce capacity is the constraint nobody has solved. Delivery on the State Development Area designation is the next real test.
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What Now
05 · Considerations for the Future
Catalysing momentum on the Western Trade Coast.
Forty billion in the pipeline. The work that catalyses or stalls it sits in five places.
01Governance reform
02Regulatory and policy inertia
03Infrastructure bottlenecks
04Government delivery models
05Private partnership opportunities
Nicole Lockwood
