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WA Telecentre Network (Community Resource Network)
WA Telecentre Network
 
WA Telecentre Network (Community Resource Network)

Overview
Go to the Telecentres website On 3 February 2009, Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls announced major new initiatives relating to the future development of the WA Telecentre Network as part of Royalties for Regions.

Telecentres originated from moves to improve access to adult education for people living in remote and rural Western Australia. Four trial centres were established in 1991, equipped only with computers, modems, a photocopier and a fax machine. It soon became clear that such centres had the potential to deliver a wider range of government and community services.

The WA Telecentre Network developed to become a cooperative network of more than 100 not-for-profit community owned and operated centres located in rural and remote communities across the State. Click here to view locations.

The facilities provide a range of community services including local access to:
  • computer technology
  • high-speed Internet access
  • two-way 128kb videoconferencing facilities
  • printing and photocopying services
  • fax machines
  • teaching and training facilities
  • Westlink satellite services, and
  • government, community and business information and referral services.
Many centres also provide access to government services such as Centrelink, the Employment Directions Network, the Australian Taxation Office and Medicare Easyclaim.

The services have expanded and developed in response to the needs of the communities in which they are located by continually adapting to the changing economic and social climate of those communities.

They provide more than 600,000 instances of information and service delivery each year and respond to more than 80,000 enquiries regarding access to government and business services.

The centres are a focal point for community development and service delivery in small rural and remote communities across regional Western Australia.

Role of the Department of Local Government and Regional Development

The Department of Local Government and Regional Development manages the State Government’s Telecentre Support Program through the provision of funding and ongoing support and development services to centres that form part of the network.

Development support includes access to training, information, advice and referral services, assistance in developing and attracting business opportunities and grants, and helping to establish local capacity building projects.

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Map of Telecentre locationsPDF 305.03Kb
WA Telecentre Network contact detailsPDF 766.51Kb
WA Telecentre Support Branch contact detailsPDF 30.39Kb

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