Thursday 30 June 2022
Deputy Mayor's Message
Welcome to the June edition of Wanneroo Link.
This month, we look at the City’s 2022/23 budget and some of the exciting projects coming up in our community in the next 12 months. We also share how you can have your say on future planning for our City and celebrate the start of 2022 NAIDOC Week, which runs from 3 to 10 July. Read more about how the City is recognising NAIDOC Week below.
With school holidays upon us, make sure you check out the information on all the fun activities on offer around the City over the next two weeks!
Deputy Mayor Brett Treby
Balanced budget delivers for City of Wanneroo residents
The City of Wanneroo adopted a $235 million 2022/23 budget this week, allocating a $58.4 million for capital works, with investment in a range of community services and facilities to benefit everyone.
This budget ensures our community will benefit from new sporting and community facilities, safer and more efficient roads, vibrant and accessible parks and playgrounds and enhanced community safety.
Celebrate NAIDOC Week
To mark NAIDOC Week 2022, which runs from 3 – 10 July, the City will hold a series of community events, including a Flag Raising Event, to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, language and culture.
This year’s theme is ‘Get up! Stand up! Show up!’, which encourages everyone to support systemic change and help secure institutional, structural, collaborative and cooperative reforms. It also calls for recognition of the many people who have driven and led change in our communities over generations – the heroes and champions of change, of equal rights and even basic human rights.
Wanneroo aquatic centre safety measures make a splash
Wanneroo Aquamotion has taken out the Aquatic Facility Safety Award at the inaugural WA Aquatic Recreation Industry Awards held today.
The Leisure Institute of Western Australia awards celebrate individual and organisational excellence in the State’s aquatic recreation industry.
The Aquatic Facility Safety Award recognises commitment to continuous improvement of aquatic health and safety outcomes through outstanding safety culture.
Congratulations to the fantastic team at Aquamotion!
Applications open for business mentoring scholarship
Do you have an idea or innovation that could become a high growth business? Apply now for a City-sponsored Curtin Ignition scholarship!
Curtin University's Ignition Program helps aspiring entrepreneurs, academics and corporate innovators trial and prepare their business idea for the market. The City is offering two fully funded scholarships for residents or local businesses for the 2022 program.
Nurse Nicola Cuthbert took part in last year’s program and said the scholarship was instrumental in helping launch her business, Still Me.
Have your say on on the future of the City
The City is preparing its first Local Planning Strategy that will outline objectives for future land use planning and development, and we want to hear your views!
The document will guide decision making around future land use in the City, so it’s important that it reflects the planning and development aspirations of our community.
Share your views on important planning topics, such as housing, community facilities, the environment, employment, tourism and heritage, to go in the running to win a $100 Bunnings voucher!
City seeks feedback on Urban Forest Strategy
Do you care about protecting, retaining and improving the City's tree canopy and vegetation? Make sure you have your say on our draft Urban Forest Strategy.
The strategy looks at increasing our tree canopy and addressing heat islands – urban areas that experience higher temperatures than outlying areas due to structures such as buildings, roads, and other infrastructure absorbing and re-emitting the sun's heat.
Youth trailer wins young fans
The City of Wanneroo’s Childhood and Youth Services trailer has been wheeled out at events and community spaces across the City from Yanchep to Girrawheen and is proving to be a hit with young locals.
Launched at the start of the year, the trailer is used for youth outreach at the City’s parks and skate parks, as well as to carry out school holiday programs in community spaces and at events.
Since January, over 700 young people, their families and community members have visited the trailer at events.
School holiday activities
Looking for something to do these school holidays? We offer a number of fun and exciting holiday programs and activities for children of all ages.
Have a go at drumming, inflatable billiard soccer, a drama class or improve your basketball skills.
Free author talk
Join Perth journalist and author Carrie Cox at Clarkson Library as she discusses her new book, So Many Beats of the Heart.
The novel tells the story of a marriage counsellor who suddenly becomes her own case study when her husband abruptly leaves her. Carrie will be interviewed by local author David Allan-Petale.
Aquamotion crèche offer
Until 1 September 2022, when you purchase a new Aquamotion membership or upgrade your existing membership to Gold, you can unlock free access to our wonderful crèche facilities.
Enjoy unlimited access to all Aquamotion facilities while our caring crèche team looks after the little ones.
Next council meetings
Council Briefing Session
Tuesday 5 July, 6pm
23 Dundebar Road, Wanneroo
Ordinary Council Meeting
Tuesday 12 July, 6pm
23 Dundebar Road, Wanneroo
Bulk waste collection
Bulk waste verge collections are taking place across the city.
Head to the website to check collection dates for your suburb.
Acknowledgement of Country The City of Wanneroo acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land we are working on, the Whadjuk people. We would like to pay respect to the Elders of the Noongar nation,
past, present and future, who have walked and cared for the land and we acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contributions made to the life of this City and this region.
