About us
The RBDC is established under the Rural Business Development Corporation Act 2000 and commenced in December 2000. It replaced the functions of the former Rural Adjustment and Finance Corporation (RAFCOR).
The Corporation’s functions are:
- to administer approved assistance schemes and to ensure that such schemes administered by the Corporation are properly and fairly administered
- to give directly the financial assistance to be given under approved assistance schemes administered by the Corporation
- to provide moneys to a department of the Public Service, or to an agency or instrumentality of the Crown, for the purposes of the financial assistance to be given under an approved assistance scheme administered by the department, agency or instrumentality
- to carry out research into, and develop policies on issues affecting persons likely to be given financial assistance under this Act
- to perform other functions given to the Corporation under this Act or another Act
- to perform any other functions that may be prescribed
- to review and give advice to the Minister on;
- proposed assistance schemes,
- the implementation of approved assistance schemes,
- economic and other conditions in the rural sector.
Annual reports
- Annual report 2023
- Annual report 2022
- Annual report 2021
- Annual report 2020
- Annual report 2019
- Annual report 2018
Previous schemes and activities
- Farm Finance Concessional Loans Scheme (WA) - closed 30 June 2015
- Drought Concessional Loans Scheme 2014-15 (WA) - closed 30 June 2015
- Drought Concessional Loans Scheme 2015-16 (WA) - closed 30 June 2017
- Farm Business Assessment Scheme - closed 30 June 2017
Board of Directors
The RBDC is comprised of a board of five directors appointed by the Minister.
- Andrew Clark (Chairman)
- Sue Middleton
- Natalie Purdy
- Tara Chambers
- Ashley Herbert
Contact information
Rural Business Development Unit
1300 374 731
RBDC@dpird.wa.gov.au