The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is a Western Australian government department responsible for regulating and advancing agricultural and food industries, fisheries and regional development within the state.

The balance was from federal government grants, public operating activities and user charges and fees.

[1] This department was also responsible for quarantine control on all plants, soil and animal products brought into the state.

The Agricultural Protection Board [needs updating] is also part of this and responsible for the eradication of pests in Western Australia; including the rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus),[2] skeleton weed (Chondrilla juncea),[3] and Portuguese millipede (Ommatoiulus moreletii).

[4] In 1894, Premier John Forrest, established the Bureau of Agriculture under the chairmanship of Charles Harper.