News

19 March 2021

The Off-Road Vehicle Advisory Committee is asking local governments to identify areas that could be considered for formal gazetting for off-road vehicle (ORV) use.

12 February 2021

COVID-19 update

10 February 2021

LG Alert

13 January 2021

Updating local governments on the development of the State Infrastructure Strategy.

15 December 2020

More than one million Western Australians have now signed up for SafeWA.

14 December 2020

Helping organisations that engage with or provide services and activities to children to better understand this recommendation.

4 December 2020

With just one day to go until COVID-19 contact registers become mandatory for many WA local businesses and venues, there are a number of State Government resources available to assist with communications to stakeholders.

2 December 2020

Local governments’ 2020 Compliance Audit Return will soon be available via the department’s Smart Hub online portal.

1 December 2020

With COVID-19 contact registers becoming mandatory for many WA local businesses and venues from 5 December, local governments should already be aware of the State Government’s SafeWA app.

13 November 2020

Despite proposed reform to the Local Government (Rules of Conduct) Regulations (regulation 9) being disallowed by the Legislative Council on 11 November, the provisions of the Local Government Act 1995 (the Act) remain unchanged.

9 November 2020

The Local Government (Financial Management) Amendment Regulations 2020 have been published in the Government Gazette (6 November 2020).

6 November 2020

The Local Government Regulations Amendment Regulations (No.2) 2020 (previously named the Local Government Regulations Amendments (Consequential) Regulations 2020) have been published in the Government Gazette today (6 November 2020).