At different stages inquiries, pleas for extensions of lease times[4] and royal commissions[5] have been made into the industry.
Also more recently stations have been used as holding places of feral goats for export and meat production.
[9] Further current policies and details of governance are updated within publications and websites administered by the Pastoral Lands Board.
[10] In 2006 the Pastoral Lands Board within the Department of Planning and Infrastructure produced a 24-page pamphlet,[11] which although appearing to be dealing with Outback issues, deals mainly with the process of accessing pastoral leases in Western Australia.
Also the rail route to Meekatharra can be seen as a means of reaching into the station country to facilitate stock transport.