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Aboriginal community

Update: State and Local Government elections and access to Remote Aboriginal Communities

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New funding program seeks innovative ideas to get people moving

Media release

A new $750,000 funding program has been announced to support innovative projects that encourage physical activity.
Lockdown: Perth, Peel and South West

Perth Metro, Peel and South West regions to enter hard lockdown

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COVID Safety
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National swim competition making a splash in the Kimberley

The Kimberley is set to provide the spectacular backdrop to one of Australia's most scenic sporting events, when the First National Kimberley Lake Argyle Swim takes place on 1 May this year.
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Grants enliven WA’s regional sporting participation

Skateboarding clinics, an artistic swimming program and the development of an athletics training centre are among ten regional initiatives to receive funding in the latest round of the State Government's Active Regional Communities grants.

Local clubs share in State Government support

The State Government has committed more than $1 million of funding to 27 projects supporting club development.
Oil painting

Regional festivals receive funding boost

Media release

A writers' festival in Geraldton, community sculpture in Esperance, and a series of astro-photography activities in Mount Magnet are some of the vibrant initiatives receiving funding from the latest round of the Regional and Remote Festivals Fund.
A group of girls in a pool during a swimming lesson

Double the fun with KidSport in 2021

More Western Australian families are set to take to the playing fields and courts, with the State Government doubling KidSport vouchers for 2021 to help families reconnect through sport.
A woman and a girl looking at an exhibit at the new WA Museum Boola Bardip

250,000 visitors to WA Museum Boola Bardip in two months

The stunning new WA Museum Boola Bardip has now welcomed over 250,000 visitors since opening its doors on 21 November 2020.
Community swimming pool

New funding round for community sport and recreation facilities

The next Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF) Small Grants round will open on 1 February 2021.
A person swimming at a local swimming pool

Funding boost for historic Mount Barker swim facilities

The historic Mount Barker Memorial Swimming Pool is set to receive a major refurbishment made possible by an investment of more than $374,000 by the State Government.
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1 September 2020 meeting

Communique

State Local Partnership Agreement Communique
State Infrastructure Strategy Discussion Paper

State Infrastructure Strategy webinar

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Updating local governments on the development of the State Infrastructure Strategy.
Girl playing the violin in concert hall

Playing WA grants program brings arts organisations to regional WA

Media release

Four major WA touring companies will share just under $1.6 million, taking their productions to regional Western Australia over the next three years, as part of the State Government's Playing WA Multi-year grants program.
Carlien Jeanne at Gascoyne in May

Playing WA supports performing arts tours across regional WA

Media release

Performing arts companies will tour a mixture of world class hip-hop opera, theatre, international jazz, cross-cultural work and musical comedy across regional Western Australia, with funding from the Playing WA grants program.
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Banned Drinkers Register to be trialled in the Kimberley

Media release

The Kimberley is the next Western Australian region set to benefit from the State Government's trial of a nearly $1 million Banned Drinkers Register (BDR) expected to start this May.

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