Madeleine Stephens

A VR movie about the Square Kilometre Array and a series featuring Tim Winton called Ningaloo, have been awarded a share of $2.5 million in funding from Screen Australia.

A bright idea cooked up in the early stages of the pandemic has provided 34,000 meals for people in need, while also supporting local hospitality venues.

WA arts organisations are engaging young professionals in philanthropy.

West Australian Ballet has received $7.5 million in donations for its endowment fund, and announced it would name a studio after major donors the Wright Burt Foundation.

Community services organisation Chorus has merged with disability services provider Kira, bolstering Chorus’s staff numbers and expanding its geographical reach.

University of Western Australia academic Matthew Tonts has been appointed chair of the Environmental Protection Authority.

Fremantle will be home to two new watering holes, as distillery Republic of Fremantle and brewery and distillery Running with Thieves open their doors today.

Mark Hatfield has been appointed to lead Chevron Australia, replacing Al Williams who has been made global vice president of corporate affairs.

In a year when many businesses were shedding staff and losing money, not for profit Cahoots doubled the size of its team and its revenue.

NDIS providers, disability advocacy organisations, and Western Australia’s Individualised Services will share in $5.5 million to transition to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has rejected the basis of anti-dumping duties imposed by China on Australian wine imports and said the Australian government would fight the claims.

Some WA publishers are rethinking their operations while others have achieved steady book sales.

Telethon Kids Institute’s Asha Bowen has been named as the Emerging Leader in Science at the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

Paul Lionetti has grown his property portfolio from a share in a single deli to around 30 per cent of Albany’s commercial district.

Can the Great Southern continue to attract large numbers of visitors after the state opens its borders?

Home-grown artists will be highlighted in the 2021 Perth Festival program, which features Tim Minchin performing songs from his new album Alone Together with WASO as the headline act.

The government is considering changes to limit stockpiling and waste levy avoidance in the construction and demolition recycling industry.

Government, the public, and businesses need to work together to turn WA’s poor recycling record around.

HIF has declared its support for medicinal cannabis, offering rebates for treatments and partnering with Little Green Pharma to collaborate on research.

Artwork from Western Australian Aboriginal artists will feature on large digital screens at the WA Museum Boola Bardip, as part of a $1.6 million public art program.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hosed down speculation China is planning further trade sanctions on Australian products.

Almost 40 per cent of not-for-profit organisations in Australia recorded a decrease in philanthropic funding in 2020, according to a survey by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Swan Valley-based Bailey Brewing Company opened its doors today, the first of a number of breweries to launch in Perth for summer.

The highly anticipated WA Museum Boola Bardip will open later this month.

Victorian artist Serena Cowie is the 2020 winner of Western Australia’s richest art award, The Lester Prize for Portraiture.

An entrepreneurship program is opening doors for people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

A collaborative Western Australia-based research project is investigating whether treating hearing loss could reduce the risk of dementia in the elderly.

Blackburne has announced former Little Creatures general manager Miles Hull will establish a tavern at the bottom of its One Subiaco apartment block.

ASX-listed marketing company IVE Group has acquired Australian Community Media’s printing operations in Mandurah and signed a contract to print and distribute the company’s newspapers.

Telethon 2020 raised a record $46.3m for the Channel 7 Telethon Trust over the weekend, with 14 donors contributing the lion's share of the money.

As the aged care royal commission has exposed, the sector had problems well before COVID-19 infections spread and hundreds died in facilities nationwide.

The state government has appointed the advisory council of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund, including HBF chief executive John Van Der Wielen as chair.