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Australia Day Survey Results
Town of Bassendean 15 Feb 2018

Published: Thursday, 15 February 2018 at 3:31:35 PM

Each year since 2005, the Town of Bassendean has staged an Australia Day Celebrations and Fireworks event. The event has become one of the main Australia Day public celebrations in the Perth Metropolitan area and is the flagship event for the Town.

In 2017 Council determined to have a conversation with the community about how they want the Town to celebrate being Australian into the future. The event has been presented for over 13 years and had never been reviewed.

The review was to give Council the opportunity to measure the overall effectiveness of the Australia Day event, taking into account the current investment by the Town and the risks associated with the increasing complexity of staging such a large-scale event.

In 2017, the Town of Bassendean announced that it would establish a working group to review the future direction of the event. In doing so, several important factors were to be considered:

To inform Council about community opinion regarding Australia Day event and how residents would like to celebrate. To ensure that the Town’s celebration is the best use of ratepayers’ money and Council resources. To take into consideration the sensitivity of the date to Aboriginal members of the community. To account for diversity within the community and to ensure that the event reflects community needs and desires.  

A survey was conducted to gauge community sentiment. The results of the survey can be viewed here. The survey is one part of the process towards making a decision.

In conducting this review, the Town sought to determine community feeing for the event and if there is a desire for changes either to the format or the date of the event.

It is proposed for Council to consider the survey and the recommendations from the Working Group at the April 24 Council meeting.  

Survey Results

For further information, please email:

[email protected]

or contact Graeme Haggart, Director – Community Development, at the Town on 9377 8000

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