Measuring our performance

City wins Gold Waterwise Council certification for the third time

• Aspiration 3: Plan for Future Generations

The City has been re-endorsed as a Gold Waterwise Council for the fifth year in a row, with its efforts in the Waterwise Council Program recognised at a State level. The Waterwise Council Program supports local governments across Western Australia to improve water efficiency and water management.

The City was initially endorsed as a Gold Waterwise Council in 2019 on the basis of its Water Efficiency Plan 2016.

Work with Vital Mental Health Community Initiative Recognised (November 2022)

• Aspiration 2: Grow and Nurture Community Connectedness and Wellbeing

The City’s work with the Peel and Rockingham-Kwinana Region (PaRK) suicide prevention Community Response Group (CRG) was recognised, after the City was presented with a major accolade at the Local Government Professionals WA Honour Awards.

The City’s nomination saw the PaRK CRG take out the Partnerships and Collaboration Award for communities in excess of 15,000 people during an awards ceremony held at Crown Perth on Wednesday 2 November. 

The award recognised the effectiveness and positive outcomes the PaRK CRG had achieved in the community since it first began back in 2016. It comprises more than 35 different organisations including five local governments, various State Government agencies and several community services organisations.

Work in Mental Health Recognised (June 2022)

• Aspiration 2: Grow and Nurture Community Connectedness and Wellbeing

The City received a national accolade for sustained work in the challenging areas of mental health and suicide prevention.

Led by the work done through our Community Safety and Support Services Team, we received the Communities in Action Award for Western Australia at the Suicide Prevention Australia Annual LiFE Awards in June 2022.

The award is welcome recognition for the strategic planning, advocacy, project delivery and training the team has delivered in conjunction with professional mental health networks.

Rockingham Youth Centre Wins Prestigious Award (May 2022)

• Aspiration 2: Grow and Nurture Community Connectedness and Wellbeing

The Rockingham Youth Centre (RYC) won the Community Facility of the Year Award at the 2022 Parks and Leisure Australia (PLA) WA Awards of Excellence. PLA WA is the leading industry association for people and organisations working in the parks and leisure sector in Western Australia. The awards recognised and celebrated the outstanding initiatives and innovative efforts of 'the people behind the places' that promote good use of leisure time for a number of social, environmental and economic benefits to the community.

The Community Facility of the Year Award recognised the RYC’s innovative features in design, development and operation.

The win was followed in June 2022 with a WA Architectural Award for the RYC in the EmAGN Project Award catagory.

The need for the RYC was identified through the City’s Children and Young People Strategy 2018 – 2023, and was then delivered through the Community Infrastructure Plan. The vision and design of the facility was achieved in close collaboration with local young people, particularly the Rockingham Youth Reference Group.

Road Safety Action Plan Recognised Nationally

• Aspiration 4: Deliver Quality Leadership and Business Expertise

In September 2021 the City’s Road Safety Action Plan was recognised at the Australasian Road Safety Conference, winning the Australasian College of Road Safety’s Diamond Road Safety Award Highly Commended Project category.

The Road Safety Action Plan has also received the following recognition: 

• the Safe System Approach – Local Road Safety Partnerships Award (Metropolitan), by the Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) 
• acknowledgement at the Australian Road Safety Foundation’s 10th annual Australian Road Safety Awards in Canberra, with the City winning theLocal Government Programs Award
• the Excellence in Road Safety Projects award at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) WA state conference.

City Wins Silver at WA Tourism Awards

• Aspiration 1: Actively Pursue Tourism and Economic Development

The City’s in tourism was recognised on a State level after the City won silver in the Excellence in Local Government Award for Tourism category at the 2021 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards.  Running for nearly 50 years, the Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards recognise organisations for their commitment to excellence in tourism and are run by Tourism Council of Western Australia.

The City competed against eight other local governments as a finalist in the awards and took out second place. The award was recognition of the extensive efforts the City has carried out to promote Rockingham as WA’s premium coastal destinationopens in a new windowopens in a new window, and these efforts have been guided by the City’s Tourist Destination Strategy 2019 – 2024.

Community Resilience Scorecard Results

• Aspiration 2: Grow and Nurture Community Connectedness and Wellbeing

• Aspiration 4: Deliver Quality Leadership and Business Expertise

The results of a state-wide community resilience survey looking at how the community was coping with the impacts of COVID-19 showed residents placed the City’s COVID-19 response in the good-to-excellent category with a score of 78 (compared to the state average of 68). 

Conducted by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and Local Government Professionals WA, the MARKYT Community Resilience Scorecard survey showed that residents rated the City’s leadership, decision making processes and trust levels higher than the state average.

Foreshore Revitalisation Takes Out National Award

• Aspiration 3: Plan for Future Generations

The City's Rockingham Beach Foreshore Revitalisation (RBFR) was recognised at the Parks and Leisure Australia 2020 Awards of Excellence, winning the national Community Facility of the Year Award. 

As the State winner of the Parks and Leisure Australia – Community Facility of the Year Award for WA back in August 2020, the City was automatically entered into the national awards.

Competing against the winners of each state and territory, the City took out the award during an online award ceremony held on Friday 30 October 2020.

City Wins Shelter WA Housing and Homelessness Local Government Award

• Aspiration 2: Grow and Nurture Community Connectedness and Wellbeing

The City was formally recognised for its efforts in addressing the issue of homelessness, taking out the Local Government Category at the Shelter WA Housing and Homelessness Awards in December 2020.

City Expertise Considered for National Road Safety Strategy

• Aspiration 4: Deliver Quality Leadership and Business Expertise

Two road network specialists from the City of Rockingham’s Engineering team have been asked to provide input to the development of the National Road Safety Strategy 2021 – 2030.

Manoj Barua (Manager Engineering Services) and Ryan Gibson (Coordinator Planning and Design), were nominated by the Western Australian Local Government Association to provide feedback on the strategy which is being developed by the Australian Government’s Office of Road Safety. 

City of Rockingham Chief Executive Officer Michael Parker said the officers’ involvement was a testament to their skills and respected credentials in the road safety sector.