The City's Advocacy Approach
The City of Karratha is tackling issues that impact on the achievement of our vision and that impact our community. Many of the livability factors of importance to our community are outside the domain of local government. They require collaboration with Federal and State Government, industry and non-government organisations to achieve community outcomes.
The City’s approach to advocacy is multifaceted and typically involves conducting research and data collection to understand and verify the issues and opportunities facing our community and preparing an agreed position statement.
This is a landing page to keep up to date with the City’s latest adopted advocacy position statements, actions we’ve taken and outcomes we’ve achieved.In the Pilbara, housing supply and pricing characteristics do not operate according to normal supply/demand conventions.
Typical regulatory levers are not effective due to the unique economic, demographic, and geographic features of the Pilbara, as compared to other Australian regions.
Lack of affordable housing is a throttle limiter to economic development and is a significant threat to the future economic aspirations for the Pilbara, the State, and the Nation.
In March 2024 the Karratha community advised us that cost of living and housing were their top liveability concerns, and this is a major focus of the City’s advocacy efforts.
The City of Karratha community have advised that a (lack of) access to health services is one of their top liveability concerns.
A particular area of concern is the inability to access mental health services. As a result, this is a key advocacy focus for the City.
The City of Karratha is governed by the Local Government Act 1995 and its related Regulations.
As a progressive and innovative Local Government, we advocate for innovative regulatory reform for the benefit of our community and the sustainability of our organisation.
The City of Karratha manages the Karratha Airport. We advocate for transport infrastructure and services that will connect our community and support the expansion of our airport business.
The City also advocates for the development of enabling infrastructure such as the sealing of major regional roads to connect our community and improve accessibility throughout the region.
In March 2024 the Karratha community advised the City through the annual community survey that development of additional domestic and international flight routes were a key area of improvement for the liveability of Karratha.
