The Ord-East Kimberley Development Plan is being funded through a collaborative partnership between the Australian and Western Australian Governments, involving a total investment of more than $515 million between 2009 and 2013.

The project includes the release of around 7,400 hectares of agricultural land in the Goomig Farm Area and land with longer term development potential in the Knox Plain and Ord West Bank areas, in conjunction with the improvement of social, community and common-use infrastructure and delivery of meaningful, sustainable Indigenous employment opportunities.

The State Government has made $311 million available for the Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project through the Royalties for Regions program. This contribution will be used to fund the construction of physical infrastructure such as irrigation channels, drainage and roads, and create the farmlands.

The project is being managed by the Department of Regional Development and Lands and LandCorp in conjunction with a range of State Government departments and agencies.

Expressions of Interest and Requests for Proposals have now closed for around 15,000 hectares of land in the Goomig, Knox Plain and Ord West Bank areas.