Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

Mandatory contact registers in WA

LG Alert

The State Government has announced that mandatory contact registers at relevant businesses and venues will be introduced from 5 December 2020.

Authority for funeral directors to collect and store human ashes after cremation

Departmental Circular 14 2020

Duties and powers of funeral directors in relation to the collection, storage, disposal or the return of unclaimed ashes to the cemetery.

How to pay your annual liquor licence fees

The department mailed out invoices for annual liquor licence fees on 17 November 2020, with payments due on or before 1 January 2021.

Plan your summer visit to the world class new WA Museum Boola Bardip

Bookings for the spectacular new WA Museum Boola Bardip over the summer holiday season are now open.

Festival films take WA Museum Boola Bardip and WA talent to the world

Australian rock band Eskimo Joe and singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly lead an all-star cast in a series of short films that have had their world premiere today, as part of the opening celebrations for the new WA Museum Boola Bardip.

Spectacular new $400 million WA Museum Boola Bardip officially opens

The highly anticipated WA Museum Boola Bardip officially opened today with thousands of Western Australians getting their first taste of the incredible exhibitions, experiences and stories on display in the spectacular new building.

CEO profile: Rhonda Hardy

Rhonda Hardy has been Chief Executive Officer of the City of Kalamunda since 2013. She has more than 30 years’ State and local government experience, with 20 years in senior management.

Spotlight on Shire of Murray with CEO Dean Unsworth

Murray is the ancestral home of the Bindjareb people, and one of the first areas of European settlement in Western Australia, dating back to 1834 when the district was founded.

Funding program takes hiking to new heights

The State Government has launched a new grant program targeting local governments and community organisations to grow participation in trail running and bushwalking activities in Western Australia.

Report of the Inquiry into the Town of Cambridge handed down

The report of the Inquiry into the Town of Cambridge has been tabled in the Western Australian Parliament.