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Government of Western Australia
The single doorway web site to Western Australia's information and services
Minister for Housing and Works
Honourable Troy Buswell BEc MLA
Treasurer; Minister for Commerce; Science and Innovation; Housing and Works
Minister for Housing and Works web site
WA Government
Community Safety and Crime Prevention
The Community Safety and Crime Prevention program (formerly Safer WA) was launched in 2003 to fight crime and improve the quality of life in our State through community involvement.
Community Safety and Crime Prevention Web Site
Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce
Consumer scams are crimes of dishonesty such as forgery, counterfeiting, on-line deception and theft that are targeted at everday people who purchase good and services. The Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce is an initiative of the State, Territory, Australia and New Zealand Governments to enhance enforement activity against frauds and scams and promote consumer awareness of how consumers can protect their identity, computers, phones and money.
Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce web site.
Tenants Advice Service (TAS) is a specialist community legal centre providing tenancy information, advice and advocacy, resourcing and support to community workers working with tenants, community education and training, tenancy publications, and advocating for improvements to law and policy for the benefit of tenants in Western Australia.
Tenants Advice Service web site
Landlords Advisory Service
The Landlords Advisory Service offers private landlords an alternative to professional management of rental properties by Real Estate Agents. Their site offers a do-it-yourself management kit helping landlords to successfully and professionally manage their own property. The LAS negotiate the rights and welfare of landlords, assist private landlords manage their own rental properties, and provide on-line phone counselling to assist subscribers with documentation or day-to- day management problems.
Landlords Advisory Service web site
Centrelink
A federal government agency, Centrelink combines social security and employment services, including youth and study allowances, childcare payments and rural assistance programs.
The Department for Community Development aims to advance the general wellbeing of Western Australian families, individuals and groups in our community. The department also has statutory responsibility for the protection and care of children who are at risk of maltreatment (abuse and neglect).
Department for Community Development web site
Seniors' interests
The Office for Seniors' Interests (Department of Community Development) is committed to enhancing the lifestyles of seniors by promoting positive ageing and encouraging the community to plan for its ageing population.
Office for Seniors' Interests web site
The Department for Indigenous Affairs assists Aboriginal people to access services and facilities, coordinates the inclusion of Aboriginal people in mainstream agencies' service delivery, and supports the interests of Aboriginal people in matters of land, heritage and culture.
Department for Indigenous Affairs web site
Disability services
The Disability Services Commission writes plans to help people with disabilities, provides services to people with disabilities, their families and carers (such as places to live and people to teach things), provides money for other services for people with disabilities and makes sure the services are good, makes sure people with disabilities can use ordinary services, like everyone else can, and tells other people how they can help people with disabilities.
Disability Services Commission web site
The Independent Living Centre (ILC) of Western Australia is a non-profit community service organisation which provides impartial, expert advice on equipment, building and design, access and resources for people with disabilities, their advocates, carers and service providers.
Independent Living Centre web site
The Office of Multicultural Interests encourages active participation by all Western Australians in citizenship through involvement in community activities and the democratic process, highlighting the strength of our cultural diversity.
Office of Multicultural Interests web site
Veterans’ affairs
The federal Veterans’ Affairs portfolio is made up of a number of agencies responsible for carrying out Government policy and implementing programs to fulfil Australia’s obligations to war veterans and their dependants.
Department of Veterans’ Affairs web site
Department of the Attorney General
Aboriginal Policy and Services, Courts division, Office of the Public Advocate, Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Public Trust Office, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, State Solicitor's Office.
Department of the Attorney General web site
Department of Corrective Services
Community and Juvenile Justice, Prisons.
Department of Corrective Services web site
Housing Industry Association
The Housing Industry Association Limited (HIA) is Australia's peak building, renovating and development industry association with some 30,000 business members, making it the largest building industry association by far.
Housing Industry Association web site
Shelter WA
Shelter WA has operated in Western Australia since 1979 as a peak housing body for community groups and housing consumers. The work of Shelter WA is directed towards the elimination of homelessness and housing related poverty and ensuring that every person has access to secure, adequate and appropriate housing at a price within their capacity to pay.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
AIHW's Housing Assistance Unit works with commonwealth, state and territory housing authorities, Community Housing organisations, Indigenous Housing organisations and other housing providers to collect data on the state of housing assistance across Australia.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Operated by the Sustainable Energy Development Office (SEDO), this site helps homeowners and tenants to be environmentally friendly by reducing their home energy use and choosing renewable energy options.
Australasian Housing Institute
The Australasian Housing Institute is the professional body for individual practitioners in the broad social housing sector in Australasia - linking social housing workers in Australia and New Zealand.
Australasian Housing Institute
Other State Government Housing agencies
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
