Western Australia repealed its hairdressing regulations, barbering is treated as hairdressing, and the City of Wanneroo says hairdressing no longer needs Health Services approval. The City of Wanneroo still requires health approval for waxing, manicure, pedicure and spray tanning, and other councils may differ. Western Australia Day is Monday 7 June in 2027. Salongram keeps the diary, staff hours and payment records on one phone.
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Salongram is a free salon booking app for Perth salons and barbershops: appointments, clients, staff hours and WhatsApp reminders in one Android app.
Which services you offer decides the approval. Western Australia repealed its hairdressing regulations, while waxing is skin penetration work and the City of Wanneroo also lists manicure and pedicure. The state also has its own Western Australia Day each June.
The WA Department of Health says the Hairdressing Establishment Regulations 1972 were repealed under the Public Health Act 2016, because hairdressing was judged low risk. An industry guideline now covers premises design, infection control, waste and spill clean-up, and barbering counts as hairdressing for it.
The same page says a business that also does skin penetration such as waxing must follow the skin penetration legislation and Code of Practice. The City of Wanneroo, one Perth council, lists tattooing, piercing, waxing, electrolysis, manicure, pedicure and spray tanning as needing health approval.
The City of Wanneroo asks applicants for supporting information such as a floor plan, and for payment of fees, then a Health Officer inspects the premises and the council issues written approval to start. The page lists no fee amounts or timeframes. A home-based business needs either a letter of compliance or development approval.
The WA Government lists Western Australia Day on Monday 1 June 2026 and Monday 7 June 2027, Labour Day on Monday 1 March 2027 and the King's Birthday on Monday 27 September 2027. Christmas Day 2027 falls on a Saturday, so Monday 27 December is also a public holiday.
In the 2021 Census, 74.0% of Greater Perth's 2,116,647 residents used English only at home. Mandarin was the leading other language at 2.3%, then Italian at 1.1%, Vietnamese at 1.0%, and Punjabi and Cantonese at 0.9% each. 59.5% were born in Australia. These are regional figures.
Hairdressing no longer needs health approval in Wanneroo, while waxing and manicures can. List each as its own service, so the diary shows who offers what, whichever way your council reads the rule.
A health approval needs a floor plan, an inspection and a written reply, and the council page gives no timeframe. Use the wait to enter services, prices, staff hours and regular clients.
Western Australia Day is 1 June in 2026 and 7 June in 2027, and Labour Day is on 2 March in 2026 and 1 March in 2027. Set the dates as time off once for each year you plan.
Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese, Punjabi and Cantonese all appear among the top languages. Salongram is available in English, Arabic or Spanish, so check what your team can use.
A barber who rents a chair can have their own column with their own days and hours, within one account and one client list for the shop, with no separate logins.
We found no official data on how Perth clients book, so this guide does not guess. What Salongram does is keep walk-ins, calls and link requests in one diary per person, and it shows a warning for an overlap, so you decide whether to go ahead.
Each barber or therapist has their own days, hours and time off, so a booking lands with the right person.
The scheduleA fade, a wax and a gel manicure each have their own price and duration, so the diary sets aside the right time.
ServicesRecord cash or card against each visit, so the day's payments are in one list. Salongram does not process the payment.
Payment recordsAn illustrative Friday, not research: a small shop in Northbridge with two barber chairs and a nail desk, open six days, where the owner cuts and the nail technician has her own column.
The owner opens the diary: the second barber is booked solid until noon and the nail technician has a gap at ten.
A walk-in wants a gel manicure; the nail technician's gap fits it and it goes straight into her column.
A beard trim cancels. A client on the waiting list who asked for Friday afternoons takes the slot.
Two requests arrive from the booking link for Saturday. The owner checks each person's hours and accepts them.
Type in your own numbers. A no-show is a slot nobody else could take; reminders and a waiting list are how most salons win part of it back.
An estimate from the numbers you enter (a month counted as 4.33 weeks). Nothing is sent or stored. Salongram is free to download.
Add cuts, fades, waxing and nails separately, each with a price and how long it takes, so the diary sets aside the right time.
Give each person their days, hours and breaks, plus any time off for Western Australia Day or Labour Day.
Create the optional account to get your link and QR code, then put it on your social pages, Google listing or shop window.
The Department of Health says the 1972 hairdressing regulations were repealed and barbering counts as hairdressing under the industry guideline. The City of Wanneroo says hairdressing no longer needs Health Services approval, though waxing does. Salongram does not handle approvals.
Yes. Salongram is free to download on Google Play for Android. It keeps one diary per person, client records, staff hours and payment notes, and prepares WhatsApp reminders you send yourself. It does not take card payments or deposits.
The City of Wanneroo lists manicure and pedicure with waxing, tattooing and piercing as work needing health approval. Other councils may differ, so ask yours. Salongram lists each treatment as a separate service but does not hold the approval.
The WA Government lists Western Australia Day on Monday 7 June 2027, after Monday 1 June in 2026. Mark it as time off for your team in Salongram, which keeps scheduled hours but does not calculate holiday pay.
In the 2021 Census, 74.0% of Greater Perth residents used English only at home, and Mandarin was the largest other language at 2.3%. Salongram is available in English, Arabic or Spanish only, so there are no Mandarin, Italian or Vietnamese screens.
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