The City wishes to give notice that it intends to make new local laws and they are now available for viewing and public comment.
The City wishes to give notice that it is reviewing the Standing Orders Local Law 2016 and it is now available for viewing and public comment.
The City wishes to advise that the Annual Electors’ Meeting of the City of Cockburn will be held in the Cockburn Council Chambers on Thursday 29 January 2026 at 6pm.
The City is working to address the beach erosion and sand drift issues in the Rollinson Road area.
The public waste drop-off service will be closed for maintenance works, please plan visits outside these dates.
Henderson Waste Recovery Park will accept commercial loads on Saturdays between 8am-1pm.
The City wishes to advise the public of its set Council and Committee meetings for the 2026 calendar year.
The City's Annual Report 2024-2025 is now available to view online.
The natives have a tradition that Rottnest, Carnac, and Garden Island, once formed part of the mainland, and that the intervening ground was thickly covered with trees; which took fire in some unaccountable way, and burned with such intensity that the ground split asunder with a great noise, and the sea rushed in between, cutting off these islands from the mainland.1
The Derbal Nara coastline has undergone many changes in the last 8,000 years. To learn more visit A Changing Coastline.