Editing Perth (section)

== Governance ==
Perth, like the rest of Australia, is governed by three levels of government: local, state and federal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Three levels of government: governing Australia – Parliament... – Archived Website |url=https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/three-levels-of-government/three-levels-of-government-governing-australia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123616/https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/three-levels-of-government/three-levels-of-government-governing-australia/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 April 2020 |website=Parliament Education Office |publisher=Government of Australia |language=en |date=7 November 2019 |access-date=5 April 2020 }}</ref>

===Local===
{{Further|Local government areas of Western Australia}}
[[File:AUS Perth, Central Business District, Parliament House 002.jpg|thumb|[[Parliament House, Perth|Parliament House]]]]
The Perth metropolitan area is divided into thirty [[Local government in Australia|local government bodies]], including the [[City of Perth]] which administers Perth's central business district. The outer extent of the [[Perth metropolitan region|administrative region of Perth]] comprises the [[City of Wanneroo]] and the [[City of Swan]] to the north, the [[Shire of Mundaring]], [[City of Kalamunda]] and the [[City of Armadale]] to the east, the [[Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale]] to the south-east and the [[City of Rockingham]] to the south-west, and including the islands of [[Rottnest Island]] and [[Garden Island, Western Australia|Garden Island]] off the west coast.<ref name="MLGRP">{{Cite report|author=Metropolitan Local Government Review Panel|date=September 2011|title=Defining What we mean by "Perth Metropolitan Area"|url=http://metroreview.dlg.wa.gov.au/Content/Publications/Default.aspx|access-date=9 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414053059/http://metroreview.dlg.wa.gov.au/Content/Publications/Default.aspx|archive-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>

===State===
{{Further|Government of Western Australia}}
[[File:Perth Supreme Court building.jpg|thumb|[[Supreme Court of Western Australia]]]]
Perth houses the [[Parliament of Western Australia]] and the [[Governor of Western Australia]]. {{As of|2008|alt=As of the 2008 state election}}, 42 of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]'s 59 seats and 18 of the [[Western Australian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]]'s 36 seats are based in Perth's metropolitan area.

The state's highest court, the [[Supreme Court of Western Australia|Supreme Court]], is located in Perth,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au/content/about/default.aspx|title=Jurisdiction|publisher=Supreme Court of WA|date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019174724/http://www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au/content/about/default.aspx |archive-date=19 October 2008}}</ref> along with the [[District Court of Western Australia|District]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.districtcourt.wa.gov.au/A/aboutDistrictCourt.aspx?uid=7689-4890-3639-8152|title=About the District Court|publisher=District Court of WA|date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009110324/http://www.districtcourt.wa.gov.au/A/aboutDistrictCourt.aspx%3Fuid%3D7689-4890-3639-8152|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Family Court of Western Australia|Family]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familycourt.wa.gov.au/A/about_the_family_court.aspx?uid=0585-2574-5706-9153|title=About the Family Court|publisher=Family Court of WA|date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224123147/http://www.familycourt.wa.gov.au/A/about_the_family_court.aspx?uid=0585-2574-5706-9153|archive-date=24 December 2008}}</ref> Courts. The [[Magistrates' Court of Western Australia|Magistrates' Court]] has six metropolitan locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/M/magistrates_locations.aspx?uid=0987-0974-4964-6070
|title=Magistrate Court Locations|publisher=Department of Justice|date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014044908/http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/M/magistrates_locations.aspx?uid=0987-0974-4964-6070 |archive-date=14 October 2008}}</ref>

===Federal===
{{Further|Government of Australia}}
[[File:WAGovernmentHouse1crop gobeirne.JPG|thumb|[[Government House, Perth|Government House]]]]
Perth is represented by 10 full seats and significant parts of three others in the Federal House of Representatives, with the seats of Canning, Pearce and Brand including some areas outside the metropolitan area.

The [[Federal Court of Australia]] and the [[Federal Circuit Court of Australia]] (previously the Federal Magistrates Court)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.federalcircuitcourt.gov.au/html/introduction.html|title=Introduction to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia|publisher=Federal Circuit Court of Australia|date=4 July 2014|access-date=4 July 2014|archive-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701065755/http://federalcircuitcourt.gov.au/html/introduction.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Federal Circuit Court of Australia Legislation Amendment Act 2012 on 12 April 2013</ref> occupy the Commonwealth Law Courts building on Victoria Avenue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/contacts/contacts_wa.html|title=WA Registry|publisher=Federal Court of Australia|date=2 August 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206062037/http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/contacts/contacts_wa.html|archive-date=6 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> which is also the location for annual Perth sittings of Australia's [[High Court of Australia|High Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hcourt.gov.au/annual_reports/2007annual.pdf|title=2007 Annual Report|publisher=High Court of Australia|date=18 March 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031134819/http://www.hcourt.gov.au/annual_reports/2007annual.pdf|archive-date=31 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>