Western Australia kept its own register of hairdressers for more than 60 years. In 2006 the state government noted that WA was the only state or territory with a separate registration scheme and statutory board (opens in a new tab) for hairdressers. An amendment and expiry Act passed in 2010 had the board wind up its affairs, and the Hairdressers Registration Act 1946 (opens in a new tab) then expired by Gazette notice on 13 March 2012. So there's no board register for a client to search. If they want to know who holds a Certificate III and who is still an apprentice, your team page is where they'll look. NSW is different: qualifications are still required there by law, as our Sydney salon page sets out.
The rules for salon premises changed more recently. Stage 5A of the Public Health Act 2016 began on 4 June 2024, and the Hairdressing Establishment Regulations 1972 were repealed as low risk. WA Health replaced them with a guideline for the hairdressing industry (opens in a new tab) covering premises design, infection control, waste and cleaning up blood or body fluid spills, which salons follow alongside the Act's general public health duty, as the City of Canning's health premises page (opens in a new tab) puts it. Perth councils have changed their advice to match. The City of Joondalup (opens in a new tab) says hairdressing establishments no longer have to be registered with it, the City of Wanneroo (opens in a new tab) says approvals from its Health Services are no longer required, and the City of Canning (opens in a new tab) says hairdressers haven't needed its health premises approval since June 2024, though development approval still applies to a home-based salon. Our Perth new business page explains the home occupation and home business categories WA councils use. Some council pages still quote the 1972 regulations; if yours does, its environmental health team can tell you what applies now.
Waxing is where the paperwork stays. WA Health lists waxing, shaving and tweezing among the procedures covered by the Health (Skin Penetration Procedure) Regulations 1998 (opens in a new tab) and the Code of Practice, and says an establishment must give its local government its trading name, address and the procedures it plans to offer. Wanneroo asks for a skin penetration premises application with a floor plan and fees, inspects the premises and then gives written approval to operate, while Canning says beauty and skin services can't see clients until every approval is in place. WA Health also says mobile practitioners may perform these procedures only where every location is registered with the local government, which matters before a bridal package promises waxing on the morning. Your site doesn't need to recite any of this; it just decides when the waxing list goes live.
The train network has grown under Metronet. The Ellenbrook Line (opens in a new tab) opened in December 2024 with new stations at Morley, Noranda, Ballajura (planned as Malaga), Whiteman Park and Ellenbrook. In June 2025 the Thornlie–Cockburn Line (opens in a new tab) opened with stations at Nicholson Road and Ranford Road, and the inner Armadale Line reopened with elevated stations at Carlisle, Oats Street, Queens Park, Cannington and Beckenham. Transperth's free travel (opens in a new tab) covers CAT buses in central Perth and Joondalup, trains within the CBD between City West, Elizabeth Quay and Claisebrook, and Sunday travel for SmartRider and contactless users, apart from late-night services after Saturday midnight. Directions written two years ago may be missing the quickest way to your door.
We're an Adelaide team and work with Perth salons by phone and email. WA keeps Western Standard Time all year, so Perth is an hour and a half behind us in winter and two and a half hours behind while South Australia is on daylight saving from October to April: a call at 8 am in Perth, before your first client, is 10:30 am here in summer. We haven't built for a WA business yet. Our current clients are in SA, NSW, VIC and QLD, and the examples below come from those states.