Department of Communities (Western Australia)

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Department of Communities
Stan Parks House, 42 Queen Street, Fremantle, July 2023 03.jpg
The department's office at 42 Queen Street, Fremantle [1] (Stan Parks House [2] )
Department overview
Formed1 July 2017
Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction Government of Western Australia
Headquarters5 Newman Court, Fremantle
Employees6,033 [3]
Department executive
  • Mike Rowe, Director General
Website www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-communities

The Department of Communities is a department of the Government of Western Australia. The department was formed on 1 July 2017, out of the former Department of Child Protection and Family Support, Department of Local Government and Communities, Department of Housing and the Disability Services Commission. [4]

A restructuring of the Western Australian government departments was part of Mark McGowan's election campaign and, in the month after taking office, the number of government departments was reduced from 41 to 25. [4]

The department is responsible for the portfolios of child protection, community services, disability services, housing, prevention of family and domestic violence, remote Aboriginal communities, seniors and ageing, volunteering, women's interests and young people, children and families. [5]

In the reporting period of 2020–21, the department had 5,344 children in its care, of which 57 percent were Indigenous. [3]

In May 2021, the department was one of eight Western Australian Government departments to receive a new Director General with Mike Rowe being appointed to the role effective from 31 May 2021. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Department of Communities (Housing) Office Finder". Department of Communities. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Sign on building
  3. 1 2 "Department of Communities Annual Report 2020–21" (PDF). www.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 "WA machinery of government changes: list of amalgamated departments". The Mandarin . 28 April 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Department of Communities". www.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Renewed leadership for eight State Government departments". www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au. Government of Western Australia. 13 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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