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==Governance and law==
[[File:City of Joondalup Offices.jpg|thumbnail|Joondalup Civic Chambers.]]
Joondalup falls under the local government of the City of Joondalup and is represented by two councillors from the North Ward. The current councillors are Kerry Hollywood and Tom McLean.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ward map – City of Joondalup|url=https://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au/kb/resident/council-needs-image-your-mayor-and-councillior-map|access-date=2020-08-11|language=en-AU}}</ref> The council chambers for the [[City of Joondalup]] are located in Joondalup's central business district. The complex includes Joondalup Library, which serves as the central library and local history centre for both the City of Joondalup and the [[City of Wanneroo]] local authorities. The Joondalup offices of the [[Australian Electoral Commission]] are located in the CBD. At state parliament level, Joondalup is represented in the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly]] by a member from Joondalup electoral district. The current member is [[Emily Hamilton (politician)|Emily Hamilton]]. In the [[Australian House of Representatives|Australian federal parliament]], the suburb is part of the [[Division of Moore]] and is currently represented by [[Ian Goodenough]].
 
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===Retail===
Joondalup's central business district, centred on Grand Boulevard, is largely a shopping and retail area lined with townhouses and apartments. [[Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City]] is located adjacent to the Joondalup railway station and backs onto Grand Boulevard.
 
===Events and festivals===
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Furthermore, in the early 1990s with the addition of the [[Western Reds]] to the [[National Rugby League]], the [[Joondalup Giants]] was established playing home games from Admiral Park in [[Western Australian Rugby League|WARL]] completion.
 
===Nightlife===
Joondalup is a popular city for nightlife on Friday nights and weekends, with most of its pubs and nightclubs located in close proximity to each other around the nexus of Grand Boulevard and Reid Promenade. The CBD contains various pubs including The Sovereign Arms, Varsity, Paddy Malone's, Grand Central bar, Brotzeit and Risq. The Arcade nightclub is currently being redeveloped as "The Loop" which will include an expanded beer garden, estimated to be completed by March 2023.
 
==Education==
 
The Joondalup suburb is a major location for tertiary education in the northern suburbs and is known as the Joondalup Learning Precinct. The [[North Metropolitan TAFE]] has a campus in Joondalup providing state government education to meet the demands of students wanting to enter the workforce with up-to-date, industry-specific, practical skills. It was previously called the [[West Coast Institute of Training]]. [[Edith Cowan University]] has a major campus based in the suburb. It offers graduate and post graduate degrees on the campus that also includes, libraries, guilds, commercial shops, sporting facilities, and student housing. Situated in the same Joondalup Learning Precinct as ECU and the TAFE campuses is the West Australian Police Academy. The [[Western Australia Police]]'s training academy was moved from Maylands to Joondalup and was officially opened on 15 February 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Western Australia Police Academy|url=https://www.police.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Our-Agency/Western-Australia-Police-Academy|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Western Australia Police|date=10 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The suburb also contains Joondalup Primary School and Lake Joondalup Baptist College.
 
==Infrastructure==
[[File:Joondalup Health Campus.jpg|thumb|left|Joondalup Health Campus.]]
 
===Health===
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===Public transport===
[[File:Joondalup Station at Dusk from Collier Pass.JPG|thumb|Joondalup Interchange at sunset]]{{Main|Joondalup railway station}}
The [[Joondalup railway station|Joondalup train station and bus interchange]] is located next to and connected to [[Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City]] and is served by [[Transperth]]'s [[Yanchep line]]. The interchangerailway isline connecteddiverges tooff the alignment in the median of the [[TransperthMitchell Freeway]] trainto network linkingserve the areastation. Trains run southbound to the Perth [[Central business district|CBD]] - a 25-minute journey - and northbound to [[Butler railway station]] the terminus of the line at [[Yanchep railway station]]. For a few months in early 1993, Joondalup was the terminus of the railway line, and isuntil partthe extension of the line to [[JoondalupYanchep]] railwayon 14 July 2024, the line| was known as the Joondalup Line]]line.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090714102307/http://www.righttrack.wa.gov.au/Portals/3/media/History_Clarkson.pdf History of Stations on the Clarkson Train Line] Right Track</ref>
 
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The rest of the suburb is serviced by normal, fare-paying services departing from the Joondalup Railway Station. Routes 390, 391, 467, 468, 471, 473 and 474 operate along Grand Boulevard through the centre of Joondalup. Routes 467 and 468 travel down Joondalup Drive with a stop at Brienz Drive, routes 390 and 391 travel along Candlewood Boulevard, and routes 473 and 474 travel along Blue Mountain Drive, all serving the housing area in the north part of the suburb.
There are two types of bus services in the suburb. A free service, the [[Perth Central Area Transit#Joondalup CAT|Central Area Transit]] (routes 10 and 11), travels a circular route around Joondalup's central area, including Joondalup Health Campus, [[Edith Cowan University]], [[North Metropolitan TAFE]] and Joondalup CBD. The residential part of the suburb to the north is serviced by Transperth bus routes 468 ([[Whitfords railway station]] to Joondalup railway station) and 473 (Kinross to Joondalup station).
 
==References==