ANNUAL COMMUNITY SURVEY - 03/02/2021 It’s time again for the City of Karratha Annual Community Survey, where we ask you to give honest answers to a range of questions that al...
AUSTRALIA DAY - 27/01/2021 Yesterday I had the privilege of recognising some of the outstanding people that make up our community at the annual City of Karratha Aus...
HOUSING - 20/01/2021 As the economy gears up after the Christmas break, it is clear that housing availability and affordability will continue to be a key issu...
WELCOME TO 2021 - 13/01/2021 Welcome to 2021! While many of us are away on a well-earned holiday, thank you to those still keeping the wheels of industry turning. We ...
Merry Christmas - 23/12/2020 So, this remarkable year is nearly done and I am sure all of us are looking very much forward to a peaceful and relaxing holiday. Only si...
Holiday Season - 16/12/2020 The holiday season is getting into full swing as 2020 is drawing to a close. Our Christmas in the Pilbara calendar of events has kicked o...
Direct Freight Shipping Starts - 09/12/2020 You might remember that in November last year I wrote about the huge benefits that would accrue to our area if we could bring cargo direc...
DNA Conference 2020 Rockhampton - 02/12/2020 Last week I had the privilege of travelling across the just-opened border to Queensland and the City of Rockhampton, for the 2020 Develop...
2020 Business Climate Scorecard - 25/11/2020 The City of Karratha undertakes an annual Business Climate Scorecard and the results of this year’s survey, undertaken in September, were...
Community Safety Survey 2020 - 18/11/2020 In our annual Community Surveys, which we undertake every February, safety, security and policing is always one of the top three issues w...
NAIDOC Week 2020 - 11/11/2020 This week is NAIDOC Week and while it has been put back from its usual date in July due to COVID, it is still packed with fun things to d...
Walkington Award 2020 - 04/11/2020 I recently had the pleasure of announcing Sarah Lane as the 2020 Walkington Award recipient at St Luke’s College Year 12 Graduation Cerem...
WA Small Business Day - 28/10/2020 WA Small Business Day is coming up this Saturday. The aim of Small Business Day is to recognise and celebrate the contribution that small...
Our 2021 Projects – Bayly Av - 21/10/2020 To stimulate our local economy, the City is spending some $40 million this financial year on 107 projects. Although we have done larger s...
Deferred Rate Payment - 14/10/2020 Rate notices were sent out in the first week of August, accompanied by a letter from me to households explaining that the rates do not ha...
Try Local Finishes - 07/10/2020 The Try Local $100 voucher initiative officially came to an end last week. Our aim with Try Local cash was to inject as much money as qui...
Mayors Chair – Projects Dashboard - 30/09/2020 We have set out an ambitious target of completing 107 projects this financial year worth more than $40 million, that’s more than 2 projec...
Try Local Finishing - 23/09/2020 The countdown is NOW ON, folks: there is just one week left to spend your Try Local Cash! With your $100 expiring at midnight on 30 Septe...
EPiCentre OPENS ITS DOORS - 16/09/2020 I recently had the pleasure of attending the grand opening of the new Empowering People in Communities head office or EPiCentre based rig...
SPEND YOUR TRY LOCAL CASH - 09/09/2020 Time is running out to take advantage of the $100 Try Local vouchers that were sent out to every household across all City of Karratha tow...
2020/21 PROJECTS - 02/09/2020 We recently received some wonderful feedback from a visitor who mentioned the evident sense of pride and ownership of our City by our cou...
COMMUNITY AND SPORTING GRANTS - 26/08/2020 Over the past few weeks, I’ve been attempting to give you a bit more information on the variety of support initiatives the City has intro...
STATE RECOVERY PLAN - 19/08/2020 The State Government wants to get us all back to work and has been talking to business, industry, not for profit organisations, UnionsWA,...
RATE FREEZE - 12/08/2020 Rate notices for the 2020/21 year were sent out last week – most people with have received them by the end of this week. The rate notice ...
