Madeleine Stephens

Major charitable group Communicare is recalibrating the White Ribbon Australia brand.

Fringe World Festival shows will begin from 7pm tonight while Perth Festival has been postponed another week, until February 15, under advice from the state government.

Swan Taxis has formed a partnership with Lifeline WA to train drivers as ‘accidental counsellors’ and help them talk to passengers who may be distressed.

More of Western Australia’s recycling will be processed locally after the state and federal governments announced they would help fund nine recycling projects across WA.

Western Australia’s sudden descent into a five-day lockdown after the first local case of COVID in 10 months has proven problematic for the state’s hospitality and retail sector.

CBH Group’s 2020-21 season was the fourth largest on record, with 15.1 million tonnes of grain delivered into its network, despite below average rainfall over the growing season.

Perth Festival has postponed all live performances until after next weekend and Fringe World Festival has cancelled all events until 6pm on Friday, due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

Former West Coast Eagles captain Darren Glass has been appointed general manager at Complete Home Filtration, which was named startup of the year in 2020 at Business News’s RISE awards.

Customers will have to check-in at the supermarket and takeaway outlets from February 12 after the state government expanded the mandatory contact tracing rules.

Simon Trott has been appointed iron ore chief executive at Rio Tinto, as part of a shake-up that leaves its management team weighted heavily in favour of its head office in London.

HBF Run for a Reason has been cancelled for a second year due to health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lawyer Dan Mossenson, broadcaster Karl Langdon and Elevate Group managing director Shane Crommelin contributed to Spinifex Brewing Co’s recent $750,000 capital raising.

Good Drinks’ half-year results show revenue increased by 42 per cent to $27.4 million, due to the expansion of the group’s sales and marketing teams.

Jonathan Moss has been appointed chief executive of WA family-owned pie company Mrs Mac's, replacing Paul Slaughter.

Aged care and retirement living organisation Maurice Zeffert Home is not run by one chief executive, but three.

Aged care organisations are investing in technology and dementia-friendly design as more people with the condition enter facilities.

The royal commission and the pandemic have not stemmed the pipeline of aged care developments but they could have a lasting impact on how care is delivered.

Cottesloe Beach will become an open-air art gallery in March, after Tourism WA extended Sculpture by the Sea’s funding for the next three years.

CBH Group has announced its first malt barley shipment to Mexico as it focuses on new markets after trade tensions with China escalated last year.

Dave Astbury has sold Margaret River venue Morries to the restaurant’s front of house manager Petra Ek and its chef Dean Hulston.

A refined Fringe World Festival is giving audiences and artists a chance to reconnect after a tough year.

Indigo Australasia is asking the WA government to continue funding one of its services, but the government says it warned the organisation in 2016 its funding would stop.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation spent $88 million on philanthropic causes in 2020, giving $19.7 million to its Flourishing Oceans initiative.

CinefestOZ is expanding to launch a new film festival in Albany this year, after operating in the South West for the last 13 years.

Agribusiness developer Alterra has completed the feasibility study of its 300-hectare avocado farm in Pemberton and plans to start planting avocados later this year.

Four organisations have received funding to run indigenous girls academy services, after the federal government pulled funding from basketballer Ricky Grace’s Role Models and Leaders Australia.

Bassendean-based Roshana Care Group has lodged plans for a 120-bed aged care facility in Victoria Park, adding to the care provider’s substantial list of new projects.

City of Joondalup, Perron Group, Sandfire Resources and Water Corporation have made significant appointments over the holiday season.

Business News talks to two Western Australians about why they decided to dedicate their spare time to founding a charity and how they made it happen.

Century-old manufacturing business R Moore & Sons isn’t showing signs of slowing down.

Leeuwin Coast has invested in new technologies in its quest to become a large and sustainable player in the Australian shellfish industry.

The strong growth of the medicinal cannabis industry will need to be supported by research for the sector to take the next step.