INDUSTRY SECTORS

Western Australia is a thriving State with strengths in a range of industries. It is home to innovative start-ups, and world-renowned experts and institutes that will expand your thinking.

Our abundance of natural resources has made us a global centre for the resources sector, with some of the world’s best mining, oil and gas, and new energies expertise right here in Western Australia.

Many multi-national companies like Shell, Chevron Australia, BP, Rio Tinto and BHP have major offices here, and Western Australia’s renewable and extractive industries means we export more to Asia than any other Australian State or Territory.  

There are also a number of world-leading medical research facilities here in Perth, fostering some of the world’s greatest minds like Nobel prize-winning academic Professor Barry Marshall AC. 

Western Australia has eight priority economic sectors identified as the keys to building a more resilient, sustainable and diverse economy: 

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Invest and Trade Western Australia

A global investment destination with endless opportunities.