Wheatbelt Futures Forum 2025

Co-ordinated by the Northam Chamber of Commerce (NCC) and the Wheatbelt Business Network (WBN), more than 150 people attended the day.

Transcript

00:00We're here today at the 2025 Wheatbelt Futures Forum.

00:03I'm Theresa Lee from the Northern Chamber of Commerce and here we are.

00:07I'm Peter Lowen from the Wheatbelt Business Network.

00:11We have a full agricultural panel for this year, full line-up of speakers, and it's a

00:17great event.

00:18It's great having ministerial attendance this year, record attendance, it's our third

00:22year running and we're really proud of the work that's gone into it for the last six

00:25months by the two chambers and the attendance, the calibre of the audience as well is just

00:31incredible.

00:32It's going to be a great day.

00:33We're already into it and we're looking forward to seeing the rest of the day unfold and to

00:38share the outcomes of the discussions out of today's event.

00:41Some of the topics we're hearing about today are the transport logistics, the economic driving

00:47forces behind the Wheatbelt including the tourism, the growth landscape in construction and trades.

00:54So we have local architect Alexandra talking to the housing infill in local towns, in regional

00:59towns.