East Kimberley Development Package

The $195 million East Kimberley Development Package (the Package) was launched by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Kununurra on 3 July 2009.

The Package was developed by the Australian Government in close collaboration with the Western Australian Government through a joint assessment process led by the Hon Gary Gray AO MP and the Hon Brendon Grylls MLA with assistance from the Office of Northern Australia.

The Australian Government is investing directly in social and common use infrastructure that will promote healthy, strong and resilient communities and provide meaningful and sustainable jobs for local Indigenous people in the East Kimberley region. The National Partnership Agreement on the East Kimberley Development Package was signed by the Australian and Western Australian Governments to enable 21 of the 29 projects to be directly implemented by the Western Australian Government.

• National Partnership Agreement on the East Kimberley Development Package

The Package includes key investments across the areas of health, education and training, housing, transport and community infrastructure.

• Joint Assessment for the East Kimberley Development Package: Summary Report [PDF: 455 KB]

East Kimberley Development Package Newsletter

• East Kimberley Development Package Newsletter - July 2010 Issue [PDF: 684 KB]

Project		$ million	Project Leader2
Health	$50 million
Wyndham health facilities refurbishment		3.4	WA
Kununurra Hospital expansion		20.0	WA
Short stay patient accommodation in Kununurra		4.0	WA
Residential rehabilitation facility in Wyndham		3.2	WA
Remote aged care services in Kalumburu and Warmun		4.03	WA
Remote clinics in Kalumburu and Warmun		5.53	WA
Environmental health measures in Kalumburu, Warmun and Oombulgurri		4.33	WA
Sobering Up Centres in Kununurra and Wyndham		0.6	WA
Health service providers housing in Kununurra		5.0	WA
Education and Training	$64 million
Wyndham Early Learning Activities Centre		1.6	WA
Warmun Early Learning Centre		0.6	Private
Kununurra Primary School		25.0	WA
Kununurra District High School upgrade		15.0	WA
Kununurra School Community Library expansion		5.0	WA
East Kimberley Teacher Training Facility within Kununurra High School		3.5	WA
Kimberley TAFE upgrade in Kununurra and Wyndham		10.0	WA
Community meeting rooms in Kununurra, Kalumburu, Oombulgurri and Dawul		2.3	WA
Early Childhood Building for Jungdranung Community		1.0	WA
Housing	$50 million
Social Housing in Kununurra and Wyndham		30.0	WA
Transition Housing in Kununurra and other locations		20.0	WA
Transport	$15 million
Wyndham Port facility upgrade		10.0	WA
Kununurra Airport - Terminal upgrade		5.0	SWEK
Kununurra Airport - new Patient Transfer Facility		0.4	SWEK
Community	$16 million
Community sporting facilities - hostel oval in Kununurra		3.25	SWEK
Community sporting facilities - Wyndham swimming pool		0.95	SWEK
Waringarri Art Centre in Kununurra		1.6	Private
Wyndham Picture Gardens		0.3	SWEK
Wyndham Community Jetty		5.0	SWEK
MG Corporation - Gelganyem Trust shared facility in Kununurra		4.5	WA
Total		195.04

²The Commonwealth is funding various partners to implement projects, including the Western Australian Government (WA), Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley (SWEK) and private providers (Waringarri Arts Aboriginal Corporation and Warmun Community Incorporated).  

³The Australian and WA Governments have reached agreement on the re-allocation of funds between these three remote health projects - covered in Variation Schedule to the EKDP NPA.

⁴An additional $0.2 million has been notionally allocated to achieving Indigenous Workforce objectives - covered in Variation Schedule to the EKDP NPA.

Media release by the Hon Gary Gray AO MP

• $92 Million East Kimberley Health & Education Projects Coming
• Tenders Awarded for New East Kimberley Homes
• Bigger and Better Wyndham Pool Makes a Splash
• Four East Kimberley Infrastructure Projects Set To Begin
• First Two East Kimberley Development Projects Kick Off
• East Kimberley Investment Welcomed