Published on Thursday, 24 September 2020 at 4:51:29 PM
From Thursday, 24 September, the Closure and Restriction (Limit the Spread) Directions (No. 6) (external site) come into force.
These Directions require all public and private events with more than 500 patrons that require local government approval, to develop an approved COVID Event Plan and must be registered with the Department of Health in order to proceed.
Event registrations are used to generate the Government of Western Australia’s Event Calendar. The information is used to:
- Create an events calendar. The calendar helps the public, event organisers, police and government agencies to see what events will be occurring in their area
- Liaise with the event organisers and other stakeholders to ensure WA events run smoothly, and are safe, enjoyable, and of a high quality
- Advise hospitals and other health and emergency services to ensure a coordinated comprehensive response when high risk, multiple or concurrent events are expected in a location which would otherwise have the potential to impact on local services.
The calendar is emailed to hospitals, other health and emergency services during the first week of every month.
Hon. Commissioner Fred Riebeling AM JP encourages locals to come along and support local events and support local small business vendors.
“Due to the community’s hard work in keeping the COVID-19 curve flat, we’ve been able to bring back a number of events across town.
“While the Government of Western Australia makes every attempt to ensure all emergency services are kept up to date, they cannot guarantee that the recipients share the calendar internally, particularly with regional offices.
“Therefore it is important for local event organisers to notify local emergency services of their upcoming events in order to meet the obligations under the Guidelines for Concerts, Events and Organised Gatherings, ensuring we do everything possible to keep our town safe."
For media information:
Laura Hawes
Manager Corporate Affairs
(08) 9158 9365 | lhawes@porthedland.wa.gov.au
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