| Day 1: Half-day Workshop | Monday 3 May | Registration from noon |
| Community Services Excellence Awards | Monday 3 May | Awards commence at 6:00pm sharp |
| Conference Day 2 | Tuesday 4 May | Registration from 8:15am, official proceedings commence at 9:00am |
| Conference Day 3 | Wednesday 5 May | Registration from 8:15am, official proceedings commence at 9:00am |
A coffee cart will be serving barista-made coffee on Days 2 and 3, and delegates are welcome to arrive early to grab a coffee and network.
Optus Stadium, 333 Victoria Park Dr, Burswood WA 6100
All sessions over the three-day event, including the Community Services Excellence Awards, will primarily take place in the River View Rooms.
Optus Stadium is very well serviced by public transport – please see the table below for nearby routes, including links to timetables.
There will also be free parking available on the Northern Oval/Stadium Park. This is located near Gate C and entry is off Graham Farmer Freeway. We will send all attendees detailed instructions of how to get here closer to event time.
Please note the free parking for 2027 is in a different location than it was for 2025.
| Bus | Train |
We strive to make the conference as accessible and inclusive as possible. If you have any accessibility requirements that you haven’t yet mentioned during registration, please contact the WACOSS Conference and CSEA Coordinator via Conference2027@wacoss.org.au
Unfortunately, there will be no lockers or cloakrooms available to securely store personal items.
The recommended dress code for the conference is smart casual. The awards night, which will be held on the first evening, also follows a smart casual dress code — gala attire is not required.
This event includes full catering, with morning, afternoon tea and lunch. Attendees of the awards night will also enjoy a catered dinner. On Day 1, which is a half-day, afternoon workshop, only afternoon tea will be served.
You can select your dietary requirements when you register. For any issues in advising of your dietary requirements, please contact Conference2027@wacoss.org.au as soon as possible.
Yes, there will be subsidy options available.
More details to come.
This event is an in-person only event.
Yes, there are still sponsorship opportunities available.
To learn more about these, please either navigate to the Supporters and Sponsors tab on this website or contact WACOSS Conference and CSEA Coordinator Sophie Berry at Sponsorship2027@wacoss.org.au
We researched and found these nearby options to be the most affordable:
Please contact WACOSS Conference and CSEA Coordinator Sophie Berry, at Conference2027@wacoss.org.au
Narelda Jacobs OAM is a Whadjuk Noongar journalist, presenter and author. She has been a tv news presenter for more than a quarter of a century starting in Perth before moving to Sydney to present national programs.
Narelda currently anchors Channel 10’s Perth weekend news bulletin, live and local. You’ll also find her on NITV and SBS, the ABC, podcast airwaves, in documentaries and Australian dramas, hosting events and sharing her lived experience around the country and internationally.
Narelda gives back to her community through numerous ambassadorial and board roles including as the inaugural patron of both Rainbow Futures WA and The Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health.
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Louise Giolitto has been part of the Community Services Sector for over 26 years. Louise has a great deal of experience, has lived in the Kimberley and worked in the Pilbara which has given her great insight into the needs of regional WA. Her prior positions have provided Louise with years of valuable experience within a broad range of services in the sector. Experience includes management of homelessness programs, housing, youth services, Aboriginal support programs, employment, education, training, mentoring, drug education, seniors and emergency relief.
Louise has a commitment and belief that the Community Services sector needs collective commitment and leadership to improve the quality of life to community members disadvantaged by the inequities in our society. WACOSS provides the ideal platform for the Community Services sector to support organisations deliver essential services, work collaboratively to advocate to government, raise community awareness, network and share best practice to address the inequities and provide a strong voice for those community members in need.
BA Primary Education, M Ed (Religious Education)
Robyn is a Nyungar Yorga from the Whadjuk and Ballardong groups, has 9 brothers and sisters and is a mother of three and nana to 15 beautiful and talented grandchildren. Her wider family includes the McGuire, Bennell and Shaw families with connections to the Tiwi Islands.
She has developed cultural education programs, offers cultural safety advice from an Aboriginal perspective on a range of issues and builds capacity with everyone she meets.
Robyn comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience in her career that covers previous roles within the Government and Catholic education systems as a Principal, Team Leader and Education Consultant across the Northern Territory and Western Australia – she continues in her role of storyteller and educator.
Robyn is a very busy Nana cultural and community work in her spare time and supporting her grandchildren in their endeavours at school and sport.
Is a Whadjuk Tiwi Maarman on his cultural learning journey. He is one of Robyn’s grandsons and performs on the didgeridoo and assists with Smoking Ceremonies and Water Healing Ceremonies.
WACOSS respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Western Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to them, their cultures, and to elders both past and present. We acknowledge the land on which we live and work is, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Sovereignty was never ceded.