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Send a message of congratulations to Wajarri Traditional Owners and the WA Government for this historic announcement!

    Dear Premier Cook and Minister Whitby

    Congratulations to you and the WA Government on partnering with Wajarri Traditional Owners on the creation of new national parks and reserves on Wajarri Country.

    This announcement is an exciting milestone towards the delivery of the government’s historic Plan for Our Parks commitment, adding 5 million hectares to WA's conservation estate.

    These new national parks mark a historic moment for Wajarri Traditional Owners, Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation and the Cook Government, to ensure the protection of more of WA's amazing biodiversity.

    You have my strong support for this conservation achievement as these national parks will help preserve Wajarri culture and will provide protection for the incredible landscapes and biodiversity of the Gascoyne and Murchison regions, including plants and animals found nowhere else.

    These new national parks will support the Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation and Wajarri Traditional Owners to protect and manage their Country, while creating jobs and economic development through tourism and the creation of additional Aboriginal ranger jobs that will have long-lasting benefits for people and nature.

    I look forward to welcoming more national parks and marine parks under Plan for Our Parks throughout 2024 and urge you to continue to create protected areas across WA in partnership with Traditional Owners. 

    Once again, I congratulate you, the WA Government, Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation and Wajarri Traditional Owners on this announcement and the opportunities it will create for people and nature in WA.

    Yours sincerely,
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    Breaking news: new national parks and conservation reserves declared in WA's Gascoyne and Murchison regions on Wajarri Country!

    New national parks and nature reserves have been declared in WA’s Gascoyne and Murchison regions on Wajarri Country — protecting 816,000 hectares of WA’s amazing nature and culture.

    The Burringurrah (Mount Augustus), Muggon and Dalgaranga national parks and Lakeside Conservation Park will cover an area one-third the size of Sicily or 3.5 times the size of the ACT and will help protect more of WA's incredible Wildflower Country and other important areas in Wajarri Country.

    The parks on Wajarri Country will see more protection for 26 threatened species such as the brush-tailed mulgara, vulnerable malleefowl, long-tailed dunnart and the rare Mount Augustus foxglove.

    These new national parks and reserves will support Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation and Wajarri Traditional Owners to protect and manage their Country, while creating jobs and economic development through tourism and by creating more Aboriginal ranger positions.

    Congratulations to Wajarri Traditional Owners, Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation and the WA Government for this significant step forward for protecting more of WA's nature for future generations!