wheatbelt horticulture vegetable production is increasing as growers are moving out of the metropolitan area due to urban encroachment wine a number small medium size wineries establishing in region rock lobster industry provides valued economic growth coastal areas alternative energy bio mass embedded generation and large scale wind farm some proposals being investigated perspective an update on economy western australia s viticulture grape growing especially for expanding chittering wandering july 2006 1 was prepared by department local government regional development conjunction with commission one series nine documents each document addresses different non state perspectives core regions provide useful insight into has been easy read format latest available information population labour force employment taxable income tourism fishing aquaculture agriculture mining construction manufacturing commerce project