Who We Are
Our purpose is clear: we work for the benefit of the Gascoyne – not for ourselves, but for the communities, industries, and people who call this region home.
Our Role in the Region
Our role is to listen deeply, identify real opportunities, and act in ways that bring lasting economic and social value.
Our Vision
The Gascoyne’s communities and economy are rich, vibrant and diverse with great opportunity for people, businesses and industry to pursue their goals.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to connect communities, industry, and the environment to generate sustainable economic and social development outcomes. This occurs through our strong project delivery, enabling and advocacy roles, each of which are focused on leveraging the Gascoyne’s unique blend of environmental and cultural assets, social capital, small business, and primary production capabilities.
Our Values
The way we interact with our community and business stakeholders, our partners and our coworkers are underpinned by our value set.
Integrity: We always remember the needs of the government and community we serve. We are committed and focussed on delivering. We follow through.
Leadership: We provide leadership in our community. We listen to others, build relationships, and use our skills to create solutions.
Partnerships: We use our expertise to connect stakeholders in partnerships to achieve shared goals.
Innovation: We build and foster expertise. We work with our partners to find creative solutions. We work together to ‘find a way’.
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Meet the Team!
GDC dedicated employees work across two offices in the towns of Exmouth and Carnarvon. The CEO is responsible for leading and guiding the organisation towards achieving its strategic
goals as set by the Board for the Gascoyne region.
Enabling Legislation
GDC is a statutory authority of the Western Australian Government, set up in 1994, under the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993 which created nine Commissions, each serving a different region of Western Australia. The Commission is run by a board of management selected with membership categories of community, local government, and ministerial nominees.
Our Objectives
Proclamation of the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993 on 7 April 1994 established the Gascoyne Development Commission as a statutory authority. The Commission had previously operated as a government department under the Public Service Act 1978 (Section 21) from its inception in January 1993. The objectives and functions of each Commission are to:
- Maximise job creation and improve career opportunities in the region.
- Develop and broaden the economic base of the region.
- Identify infrastructure services to promote business development within the region.
- Provide information and advice to promote business development within the region.
- Seek to ensure that the general standard of government services and access to those services in the region is comparable to that which applies in the metropolitan area.
- Generally take steps to encourage, promote,facilitate and monitor the economic development in the region.
We do this by
- Promoting the region
- Facilitating coordination between relevant statutory bodies and State government agencies
- Cooperating with industry and commerce, employer and employee organizations, education and training institutions and other sections of the community within the Gascoyne
- Identifying the opportunities for investment in the region and encouraging that investment
- Identifying the infrastructure needs of the region, and encourage the provision of that infrastructure in the region
- Cooperating with other parts of government: including local, state and federal governments, to promote equitable delivery of services within the Gascoyne.