Australian Local Government Women's Association WA Branch

Australian Local Government Women's Association WA Branch We welcome membership from all interested in supporting and encouraging women in local government.

26/04/2026
26/04/2026

You're invited to ALGWA's annual networking breakfast at the NGA in Canberra on June 23.

This event sells out so don't miss out as it's celebrating our 75th Anniversary.

Get your ticket today.
https://events.humanitix.com/algwa-networking-breakfast-nga-2026

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Hopefully many   will get to a   service on Saturday 25 April to acknowledge the people who have fought to keep all us  ...
24/04/2026

Hopefully many will get to a service on Saturday 25 April to acknowledge the people who have fought to keep all us safe and free in the past, today and in the future

There are so many talented   in     as   and   and it would be great to nominate them for a 2026 women in excellence awa...
16/03/2026

There are so many talented in as and and it would be great to nominate them for a 2026 women in excellence award do they can be showcased

22/11/2025

This year’s WA Day Festival is just around the corner and set to feature a massive local music line up.

Festival-goers will enjoy live performances from some of WA’s most loved artists, alongside emerging acts who represent the future of WA’s vibrant music scene.

The concert includes performances from Jebediah, Drapht, Little Birdy, South Summit, Voyager, OrchXstra feat Lucy Durack, OrchXstra feat Justin Burford, Smol Fish, Mariae Cassandra, Flewnt, Boox Kid, Ullah and Dolce Blue.

This year’s free event will take place on 22 and 23 November at Burswood Park.

It'll be an opportunity to celebrate the unique spirit, achievements and diversity of Western Australia - see you there!

22/11/2025

Remember the heatwave over Xmas New Year period 2021/2022 - refer to below image. ⬇️

🐣⚠️🐣 That year the scientists warned the responsible government agency, the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attraction, who report to the Environment Minister Reece Whitby MLA that emergency feeding was needed by the newly born chicks, just to get them through the heatwave.

😭 The scientists pleas for permission to intervene that year were refused. As a result we lost 50% of that years chicks

⌛️Roll on a few years and we now only have 114 penguins in that colony remaining.

You would think that by now, the WA State Government would be pulling out all stops to conserve and grow the remaining 114‼️

🐣🦺🛠🐣🪚🐣 But NO, more building construction works are planned for this August 2024 while penguins are still nesting and breeding.

🐣🙏🐣 The scientists have asked the Minister please wait a few months and do the work after this incredibly important breeding season is over. He has refused and as at the time of writing this post the works are still planned to go ahead regardless. 😢

So it looks like we have to take to the streets again. Penguin Rally and March outside Environment Minister Reece Whitby Baldivis electorate office is currently in the planning for a couple of weeks time.

Stay tuned AND please Share this post,
For the penguins 🐣🐧🙏🐧🐣

Fabulous story of a talented   who became a   and yet people didn’t realise her   talents for years and years https://ww...
30/10/2025

Fabulous story of a talented who became a and yet people didn’t realise her talents for years and years

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eh1CePYKs/?mibextid=wwXIfr

She wrote the most famous love song in history — before she ever had her first kiss.
And for years, the world thought the composer was a man.

Consuelo Velázquez Torres was born on August 21, 1916, in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco. A child prodigy, she could play piano by ear at age four and gave her first recital at six. Trained as a classical pianist at Bellas Artes, she seemed destined for a life in concert halls and conservatories.

But it wasn’t fame or fortune that made her immortal — it was love.

In 1940, at just 24 years old, Consuelo composed a bolero titled “Bésame Mucho.” She wrote it after watching a passionate opera scene — despite never having been kissed herself.

When the song was published, she signed it with her full name. Yet in many countries, Consuelo was mistaken for a man’s name. For years, the world believed this timeless romantic anthem had been written by a Spanish male composer.

They couldn’t have been more wrong.

“Bésame Mucho” became a global sensation — performed by legends like The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Luis Miguel, Andrea Bocelli, Nat King Cole, and Cesária Évora. It remains the most translated and covered Mexican song in history.

But Consuelo’s brilliance didn’t end there.
She wrote dozens of songs, served as a congresswoman, and fought for artists’ rights — all while navigating a male-dominated world with quiet grace. Despite her fame, she chose a simple life, devoted to her family and her piano.

Consuelo Velázquez passed away on January 22, 2005, at the age of 88. When asked about her secret, she smiled and said:

“I was never a bohemian. I was a romantic. And I played from the soul.”

Standing up for your   surroundings, your   is what GOOD   do !
22/10/2025

Standing up for your surroundings, your is what GOOD do !

When the Titanic was sinking — amid the freezing ocean and the screams torn by fear — a woman stood up.
She didn’t scream. She didn’t cry. She didn’t wait.
She grabbed an oar. She stepped forward.
And everything changed.

Her name was Margaret Brown, but the world came to know her by another name: the Unsinkable Molly Brown.

She was born poor, with hands shaped by labor and a spirit that refused boundaries.
She built a fortune with her husband, but she never locked herself away in the halls of privilege.
No — Molly walked the streets, entered the kitchens of the poor, helped miners, paid for the education of forgotten girls.
She was wealthy, yes. But above all, she was present.

In 1912, she boarded the Titanic to return home — to be with a sick nephew.
She had no idea that night would change her life — and the lives of so many others.

When the ship struck the iceberg and fate took the helm, Molly was placed in Lifeboat No. 6.
But she didn’t sit back and watch.
When she saw the sailor in charge was lost and afraid, she took the oar herself.
She rowed. She encouraged. She warmed those who shivered.
She saved lives, yes — but more than that, she turned fear into action.

And it didn’t end there.
When she was rescued by the Carpathia, Molly didn’t surrender to relief.
She rose again.
She spoke three languages and used them all — to comfort, to organize, to raise funds.
She created a relief fund for the survivors.
She did it quietly. No cameras. No glory.
She did it because it was right.

Then came the inquiry.
Molly wanted to speak, to expose, to tell the truth.
But they told her: You’re a woman. Stay silent.
She never did.
And her voice, her courage, her example — have reached all the way to us.

Molly Brown isn’t remembered just because she survived the Titanic.
She’s remembered because she showed the world that you can sink a ship —
but not a woman like her.

A woman who takes the oar when everything else is going under.
Who doesn’t ask permission to act.
Who saves, protects, rebuilds.

That is the kind of strength that never sinks.

16/10/2025

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Fabulous display of   of these strong and passionate   from   who made   great
13/10/2025

Fabulous display of of these strong and passionate from who made great

Sat 27 Sep 2025 – Mon 20 Apr 2026

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