Advocacy

The City works closely with all tiers of government to advocate for political support and funding contributions to enable us to deliver vital infrastructure and social services for our community.

This approach has secured significant public investment into the City of Wanneroo, delivering key public infrastructure such as the Mitchell Freeway extension and the rail extension to Yanchep, along with funding for the Alkimos Aquatic and Recreation Centre which is now under construction.

Advocacy Agenda

In 2024 Council endorsed a list of 11 advocacy priorities to create a strategic and rounded approach to advocacy. The Council-endorsed projects cover themes of:

• Liveability
• Productivity
• Wellbeing
• Sustainability.

These principles drive the City’s advocacy agenda, ensuring our conversations with government reflect the community’s priorities.

Find out more on the City's current advocacy priorities below:

With the 2025 elections now complete, the City will review the role of advocacy over the period to the next elections, in 2028 and 2029, to reassess priorities and how these are shared with key decision makers in Government, service delivery agencies and the private sector including universities.

The refreshed Advocacy Plan is expected to be presented to Council in early 2026.

Putting Community First campaign

The City’s Putting Community First campaign ran in the lead up to the March 2025 State election and the May 2025 Federal election. This campaign focused on securing support for three priority projects: Girrawheen Hub Precinct, Alkimos Regional Open Space and Wanneroo Recreation Precinct.

Community involvement was integral to this campaign’s success, with around 10,000 emails sent by community to relevant election candidates voicing the community’s compelling support.

Thanks to the community’s strong participation and the Government’s recognition of the importance of these projects to our community, significant support was secured for the Girrawheen Hub Precinct. Hon. Dr Anne Aly MP, Member for Cowan, announced a $5.5 million commitment from the Federal Government toward the project.

This has built on the 2021 WA State Government commitment of $5m for Wanneroo Recreation Precinct gratefully received from Hon Sabine Winton MLA, Member for Wanneroo. The WA State Government secured the land for Alkimos Regional Open Space which is expected to be vested to the City in the future. The City will continue to work with State and Federal governments to progress these key community facilities. 

Do you have questions or a great idea to help us grow community support for these important projects?

Send us an email connectwanneroo@wanneroo.wa.gov.au