Records Management Advice

Government of Western Australia

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Records Management Advice is developed by the State Records Office for organisations on a particular information management topic.

Last updated: 29 April 2025

Contents

Records Management Advice
Digital Records Management Publications

Records Management Advice

Annual Reporting Requirements

Artificial Intelligence and Record Keeping

Business Information Systems

Day Batching of State Records

Destruction of Temporary Records

Developing a Retention and Disposal Authority

Document Naming Conventions

Management of Email

Glossary of Terms

Guidance for identifying and retaining records which may become relevant to an actual or alleged incident of child sexual abuse

Implementing a Revised Retention and Disposal Authority - Resentencing Records

Local Government Elected Members' Records

Local Government – Management of Medical Practice Records

Managing records following administrative change or Ministerial change

Metadata

Microsoft 365 Compliance Centre for Records Management

NAB FlexiPurchase

Recordkeeping and Your Organisation

Recordkeeping Basics

Recordkeeping Responsibilities and You

Records Disaster Management Plans

Records in Outsourced Arrangements

Records Retention, Disposal and Destruction

Retention and Disposal of COVID-19 Information

Retention of Personal Information

Records Management Advice - Retention Batching of State Records

Social Media Content as Government Records

Source Records and Access Copies

Student Guild Elected Members’ Records

Version Control

Vital Records

Website Content and Record Keeping

Working Remotely (‘Work from Home’)

Digital Records Management Publications

This information aims to provide State organizations with the basis of best practice for the management of digital records.

Management of Digital Records

Born Digital - Managing Government Information and Data