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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)
- Population: 1,927,000 (2002 est.)
- Total area: 2,525,500 sq. kms
- Major towns: Perth (capital), Fremantle, Bunbury, Albany, Kalgoorlie, Broome, Port Hedland
Sources
- University of Western
Australia Statistics Office
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- Perth Western Australia - portal
offering free email and SMS messages, as well as links to local
news and information
- OnlineWA
- Western Australia
Online
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- Government of Western Australia
- Vice-Regal
- Governor of Western Australia
- Legislature
- Western Australian Parliament - comprises the Legislative Assembly (lower House) and the Legislative Council (upper House)
- Ministries & Departments
- Premier of Western Australia
- Department of Agriculture
- Department for Community Development
- Department of Conservation and Land Management
- Department of Consumer and Employment Protection
- Department of Culture and the Arts
- Department of Education
- Department of Environmental Protection
- Department of Housing and Works
- Department of Indigenous Affairs
- Department of Industry and Technology
- Department of Justice
- Department of Local Government and Regional Development
- Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources
- Department of the Premier and Cabinet
- Department of Sport and Recreation
- Department of Training - responsible for planning the long-term development of the vocational education training system to meet
current and future needs of industry, the community and regional areas
- Department of Transport
- Department of Treasury and Finance
- Agencies & Bureaus
- Auditor General - responsible for the external audit of the West Australian public sector
- Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority - aims to create and provide world recognised facilities and services and to inspire the
conservation of biodiversity, and to conserve and enhance Kings Park, Bold Park and the State's Botanic Garden for the
community
- Conservation Commission - advisory and policy development body responsible for all the State's National Parks, conservation
parks, nature reserves, State forests and timber reserves
- Constitutional Centre of Western Australia - established by the WA government to encourage people to learn more about how
the political system works and how to participate more fully in it
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- Electoral Commission
of Western Australian (WAEC) - state government body responsible
for the conduct in Western Australia of state and local government
elections and referenda
- Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI) - State Government agency responsible for policies and programs to promote, support and
advance the principles that underpin multiculturalism
- Office of Youth Affairs
- Small Business Development Corporation
- Totalisator Agency Board
of Western Australia (OzBET) - Western Australia's only
licensed off course betting organisation
- Valuer General
- Water and Rivers Commission - works to protect and manage Western Australia's water resources, including wetlands, rivers,
estuaries, inlets and groundwater water
- Western Australian Government Railways Commission - statutory authority established to direct, manage, maintain and control
the Government Railways in Western Australia
- Western Australian Tourism Commission
- Western Australian Treasury Corporation - provides financial products and services to the public sector
- WorkCover WA (Worker's Compensation and Rehabilitation Commission) - statutory body established to operate under the
Worker's Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981
- Local Government
- WA Local Government Association
(WALGA) - voice of Local Government in Western Australia,
representing 143 local governments statewide and providing policy,
advocacy and lobbying support as well as a range of services
to its members
- City of Perth - the State Capital
- City of Fremantle
- Shire of Broome
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- Dogs' Refuge Home
(Shenton Park) - not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the
rescue, care and re-homing of dogs and motivated by the fundamental
understanding that dogs are entitled to the same love and respect
that they unconditionally give to us
- Family Planning
Western Australia (FPWA) (Northbridge) - non-government,
not-for-profit organisation, affiliated with the International
Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), which provides sexual
health services, information and training, and advocates for
sexual health practices which are safe, and for the removal
of laws which discriminate against people on the grounds of
their sexuality or gender, or which restrict the choices available
to them
- Pride Western Australia
(Perth) - aims to encourage the cultural expression and celebrate,
champion and support the rights and freedoms of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and other same sex attracted
people living in Western Australia (formerly Lesbian and Gay
Pride (WA))
- Recfishwest
(Claremont) - representative body of dedicated and concerned
anglers, which is independent of government and which represents
all Western Australian recreational fishers at the local, state
and federal level
- Shelter WA (East
Perth) - independent community organisation committed to
the principle of accessible, affordable, appropriate and secure
housing for every person
- Volunteering Western
Australia (West Perth) - the peak body in Western Australia
for volunteering, providing a voice to Government and also to
the national body Volunteering Australia, and in turn providing
the voice for issues that impact on volunteering across Australia
- Western Australian Council
of Social Service (WACOSS) - the peak council of community
service organisations and individuals in Western Australia who
assist low income and disadvantaged people, and who share a
vision of a socially just and sustainable society where people
care for each other and have access to the resources and opportunities
necessary for their wellbeing
- Western Australian Farmers
Federation (WAFarmers) (East Perth) - farm lobby group that
endeavours to address the key issues in each of its commodity
sections representing wool producers, grain growers, meat producers,
horticulturalists, pastoralists, dairy farmers and beekeepers
as well as issues that impact on whole rural communities
- Animal Welfare
- Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCAWA) (Malaga) - independent,
non-government community based charity which has the responsibility
for administering the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1920-1976
and whose objectives are to promote kindness and prevent or
suppress cruelty to animals, to encourage and sustain public
interest in animal welfare through education and the media,
to enforce existing laws relating to the protection of animals,
and to make representations to the Government for changes to
these laws, when considered necessary
- Environment
- Bibbulmun Track
Foundation (Cloister's Square) - not-for-profit community
based organisation established to provide support for the management,
maintenance and marketing of the 'new' Bibbulmun Track, one
of the world's great long distance walk trails, stretching nearly
1000 kms from Kalamunda (Perth Hills) to Albany (South Coast)
through the heart of the scenic South West of Western Australia
- Conservation
Council of Western Australia (West Perth) - non-government,
non-profit, voluntary conservation organisation which acts as
the umbrella organisation for nearly 70 affiliated conservation
groups from throughout WA
- Environment Centre of
Western Australia (ECWA) (East Victoria Park) - non-profit
non-governmental organisation, whose goals are to find out and
respond to the environment information needs of the Western
Australian community
- WA Collaboration
(West Perth) - partnership of Western Australian non-government
organisations who have joined forces to help shape and promote
the sustainability agenda for our State
- Western Australian Forest
Alliance (WAFA) (West Perth) - umbrella body for community
environment organisations in Perth and throughout the South
West concerned with forest conservation, which seeks an immediate
halt to the destruction, through logging and frequent burning,
of all remaining old growth and high conservation value native
forests
- Labour unions & workers' rights
- Australian Nurses Federation
(ANF) WA Branch
- Trades and Labour Council
of Western Australia (TLCWA)
- State Schools Teachers Union of Western Australia (SSTUWA)
- Law
- Aboriginal Legal Service
of Western Australia (ALSWA) (East Perth) - delivers a variety
of services to Aboriginal people in WA, in the areas of criminal
law, civil law, family law, suicide prevention, and administration
- Law Society of
Western Australia (Perth) - professional association for
Western Australian barristers and solicitors
- Legal Aid Western
Australia - government funded service, includes advice,
contact information and a search facility
- Tenants Advice Service (TASWA)
- non government organisation, providing quality information
and education for the benefits of tenants
- Western
Australian Lawyers - directory of law firms located in WA
- Politics
- Anti-Nuclear
Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA) (Maylands) - non-profit
community group campaigning for an end to the nuclear industry
and the adoption of safe energy strategies
- Australian Labor Party
- WA Branch
- Liberal Party of
Western Australia
- One Nation Party
(Western Australian Division)
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Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
- Legal Aid Western Australia - independent statutory body set up by the Legal Aid Commission Act 1976 to provide information,
advice and other legal help
- Perth Zoo
- Western Australia Police Service
- Western
Australia Police Pipe Band
- Associations & societies
- Architects
Board of Western Australia - body authorised by the state
government to examine, register and investigate complaints about
architects, and those fraudulently claiming to be architects
- Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA), WA Division
- regional group of the British Institute of Public
Administration, which exists to advance the study and practice
of public administration
- Geological Society of
Australia, Western Australia Division (East Perth) - learned,
non-profit organisation whose objectives are to promote,
advance and support the earth sciences within the scientific
and wider communities
- Grand Lodge of Western
Australia - official site of the Freemasons in Western Australia
- Royal Agricultural Society
of Western Australia (RASWA) (Perth) - not-for-profit apolitical
organisation whose role is to promote the significance of rural
Western Australia and the state's primary industries
- Royal Australian Air
Force Association (RAAFA), Western Australian Division -
fosters the Spirit of Friendship and perpetuates the Honour
and Ideals of Her Majesty's Air Forces
- Royal Automobile Club of
Western Australia (RAC) (Perth)
- Royal Life Saving
Society Western Australia (RLSSWA) (Floreat Forum) - not-for-profit
benevolent organisation and water safety education organisation
- Royal Society of
Western Australia - society that aims to promote all aspects
of natural science in Western Australia
- Soroptimist
International of Western Australia (Perth) - co-ordinating
body for 18 clubs in Western Australia which form part
of a worldwide organisation for women in management and professions
working through service projects to advance human rights and
the status of women
- Western Australian Bar
Association (WABA) (Perth) - voluntary Association of those
who have elected to practice solely as independent barristers
- Education
- Curriculum Council
of Western Australia (Osborne Park) - provides for the development
and implementation of a Curriculum Framework for schooling which
sets out the knowledge, understandings, skills, values and attitudes
that students are expected to acquire
- Educational Computing
Association of WA (ECAWA) (Claremont) - professional association
for educators using computers as tools in the delivery of education
- Mathematical Association
of Western Australia (MAWA) (Mirrabooka) - group of dedicated
mathematics educators which aims to promote mathematics education
in Western Australia
- Schools of the Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) - deliverer of educational services to isolated students, and to teachers,
parents and administrators in the Government Education System
- Science Teachers Association
of Western Australia (STAWA) (Osborne Park) - affiliate
of the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) which
provides professional development for teachers of science, promotes
equitable access in science education, promotes the importance
of science education, strengthens science and education and
industry links, and provides a range of resources to support
the teaching of science
- Scitech Discovery Centre
(West Perth) - aims to increase interest and participation by
Western Australians in science and technology
- TAFE International in
Western Australia - commercial and international arm
of the government-owned TAFE Western Australian college network
- Family
- Adoptions International
of Western Australia (AIWA) (Northbridge) - offers personalised
services for those people with an interest in adoption
- Gender
- Gay and Lesbian Community
Services (GLCS) (Perth) - charitable organisation whose
main objective is to provide support and resources that allow
people to explore their sexuality, and which acts as an advocacy
and educational agency for issues relevant to the gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender community
- Health & Safety
- Alzheimer's Association
of Western Australia (Shenton Park) - latest information
on dementia, drug trials, research, support and education
- Association for the Blind
of Western Australia (ABWA) (Victoria Park) - provides services
for all Western Australians with vision impairment through research,
policy development and advocacy, rehabilitation and support
services, information and community education, and setting recognised
standards for service provision
- Asthma Foundation
of Western Australia (West Perth) - community-based non-profit
organisation dedicated to the alleviation of suffering from
asthma, offering effective patient and carer support services
and funding local medical and scientific research into asthma
- Australian Medical Association
Western Australia (AMAWA)
- Autism Association of
Western Australia (West Perth) - aims to advance the personal
development, equality of opportunity and community participation
of people with autism
- Arthritis Foundation
of Western Australia (Shenton Park) - incorporates Osteoporosis
WA
- Cancer Council Western
Australia (West Perth) - the peak cancer organisation in
Western Australia, and the WA State member of The Cancer Council
Australia
- Community Health Nurses
Western Australia (CHNWA) - organisation whose objectives
are to uphold, protect and advance the interests of Community
Health Nurses by initiating measures which will ensure high
standards of nursing knowledge and practice by its members
- Cystic Fibrosis
Western Australia (CFWA) (Nedlands) - provides care and
support, services and information for people with CF
- Developmental Disability
Council of WA (DDC) (West Perth) - peak agency that provides
a co-ordinated and united voice of service providers, other
organisations and individuals advocating for the rights of people
with developmental disabilities and their carers in Western
Australia
- FarmSafe WA (Forrestfield)
- organisation is to help make the farming industry a safer
place
- Genetic
Support Council WA (GSCWA) (Nedlands) - helps genetic support
groups deliver quality support and services to individuals and
families affected by genetic conditions
- Head Injured Society
of WA (Headwest) (Alfred Cove) - works towards an improved
quality of life for people with an acquired brain injury, through
advocacy, referral, information and community education, and promotes
a greater community awareness of the impact of acquired brain
injury on individuals, families, carers and friends throughout
Western Australia
- Healthcare Association
of Western Australia (HAWA) (Melville) - affiliate of the
Australian Healthcare Association which represents the interests
of hospitals and health services in Western Australia at both
the local and national levels
- Injury Control Council
of Western Australia (ICCWA) (West Perth)
- Lions Eye Institute (LEI)
(Perth) - eye research institute which investigates cataract,
diabetes, glaucoma, retinal degenerations, artificial cornea
and laser and gene therapies, and which provides specialist
clinical services to 40,000 patients from throughout Australia
and the world
- Multiple Sclerosis
Western Australia (Wilson) - aims to equitably provide services
to people with multiple sclerosis throughout Western Australia,
to provide information to the general public regarding multiple
sclerosis and its effects, and to fund research into a cure
for MS
- Nurses Board of Western
Australia (NBWA) - supports the expansion of nursing
roles and the professional competence of nurses to ensure that
nurses registered to practise are safe competent practitioners
- Rural Doctors' Association of Western Australia (RDAWA)
- Silver Chain
(Osborne Park) - non profit, non sectarian, charitable organisation
that adds value to the community and delivers high quality services
at home, in residential care facilities and clinics, enabling
people to maintain links to their community by promoting good
health and independence
- Spina Bifida Association
of Western Australia (Nedlands) - aims to provide support
for individuals with spina bifida and their families in Western
Australia
- Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS) Foundation WA (Kensington) - support
group for parents who experience loss from miscarriage, stillbirth,
neonatal death, Suddent Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS),
and children who have died from any cause up to the age of two
- Western Australian Association
for Mental Health (WAAMH) (West Perth) - the peak mental
health representative body in Western Australia for non-government
not-for-profit agencies that operate for the benefit of people
affected by mental illness
- Hospitals
- King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (KEM/PMH) (Subiaco) - aims to provide a
state-wide health service for women and children which is supported by clinical research and education, and promotes well-being
of the community and to advocate on health issues on behalf of the women and children of WA
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (Perth) - principal medical teaching hospital for the Medical School of the University of Western
Australia
- King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women (Perth)
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (Perth)
- Libraries
- Library and Information Service of Western Australia (LISWA) - public body which provides and promotes equitable access to
information resources and services which support the intellectual, economic, cultural, social and recreational needs of the
people of Western Australia
- State Library of Western
Australia
- Religions and beliefs
- Baptist Churches
of Western Australia
- Buddhist Society of Western
Australia (BSWA) - Theravada Buddhist group based on
the forest tradition of Southeast Asia
- Evangelical Bible College
of Western Australia (EBCWA) - Christian college which provides
resources for students of the Bible
- Hindu Temple Association
of Western Australia
- Uniting Church in Australia,
Synod Of Western Australia - official website of the regional
council for the Uniting Church in Australia
- Zen Group of Western Australia
(ZGWA) (Fremantle)
- Towns
- City of Swan -
local news and information, rates payment, job vacancies, council
minutes
- Northcliffe Community
- located in the Warren Blackwood region of Western Australia,
south of Perth
- York - the town
and shire of York in the Avon Valley of the Western Australian wheatbelt
- Universities
- Edith Cowan University
- Murdoch University
- University of Notre Dame Australia
- University of Western Australia (UWA)
- Women, children & youth
- Guides Western Australia (Victoria
Park) - part of a worldwide organisation for girls and young
women which offers opportunities for girls to have fun, develop
confidence, have fun, develop initiative, have more fun, learn
leadership skills, have still more fun, learn life skills, make
friends and have fun with those friends
- Office for Children and Youth
Affairs - state government body
- Youth Affairs Council
of WA (YACWA) - the peak, non-government youth organisation
in Western Australia representing the non-government youth sector
at State and Federal levels
- Youth Alive WA
- exists to champion the local church and youth groups, empowering
a generation of young people to reach their nation with the
cause of Christ
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