Cultural Industries

A new website has been set up to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's mental health, with information on social and emotional wellbeing, country, spirituality and homelessness.

Chevron Australia has committed $3.45 million to Conservation Volunteers Australia over three years to support lower carbon projects.

After two decades at the helm of FORM, Lynda Dorrington is passing the baton to Tabitha McMullan.

Australians living with a disability are being encouraged to use a new, national gateway aimed at connecting them with trusted information and services.

Fringe World Festival'S 2021 audience numbers and box office sales were lower than in previous years after a COVID-19 lockdown caused the cancellation of 85 shows.

Each of the three works in West Australian Ballet’s inaugural ‘STATE’ program won over the opening night audience, writes Nina Levy.

Former Must Winebar partner Russell Blaikie has joined Prendiville Group, while Natalie Jenkins has been appointed Seesaw chair and Natasha Collier will lead West Australian Music.

Mark Barnaba has been tasked with a cause close to Andrew Forrest’s heart and hip pocket.

Minderoo has appointed former Dow executive and director Ramesh Ramachandran as chief executive of its No Plastic Waste initiative.

TSA Group chair Tim Ungar gave insight into how his family foundation donated money at Meridian Global Foundation’s ‘Meet the Philanthropist’ event last night.

Artrage, the parent company of Fringe World Festival, has partnered with Woodside Petroleum after artists have protested the oil and gas giant’s relationship with the festival for the past few years.

The wheel has turned for the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research biggest fundraiser.

Hall & Prior has expanded its services to the South West with the acquisition of a 21-year lease from the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup to manage aged care home Tuia Lodge.

UPDATED: Cricket legends Justin Langer and Adam Gilchrist and renowned doctor Fiona Wood helped Euroz Hartleys raise a record amount at its third Commission for a Cause Day.

Former Artrage chief executive Marcus Canning and Fortescue deputy chief executive Julie Shuttleworth were among the Western Australians recognised by the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Cancer Council WA has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from Healthway for public health campaigns over the next three years to encourage healthy lifestyles.

WA Museum Boola Bardip topped three categories at the Museums and Galleries National Awards last night in Canberra, including gallery fit out.

Olivier David brings international executive experience to West Australian Ballet.

David Zampatti checked out the staged concert version of the Benny and Björn/Tim Rice rock opera Chess at the Perth Concert Hall and found it a chequered experience.

The disability services sector has strong revenue growth, but some providers are struggling to stay afloat.

The pandemic has changed the fundraising game.

Philanthropic donations increased in 2020, despite predictions it would fall.

Western Australians will be able to locate authors’ hometowns and the settings of their favourite books after the launch of Writing WA’s literary map.

Ngala will run the early learning and development service at Oryx’s aged care facility The Queenslea Claremont which is implementing an intergenerational care model.

Overall attendance increased while box office sales lagged at Perth Festival this year after border closures resulted in a smaller program of local acts.

In the final piece of his three-part series on the proposed film studio for Fremantle, Mark Naglazas asks what the arrival of big-budget productions would mean for the local industry.

Aged care sector leaders say it is difficult to recruit skilled workers when the award for nurses in the industry is about 30 per cent less than those working in disability or hospital settings.

The aged care workforce will need to grow by 60 per cent in the next decade to meet demand, according to a report launched at a Business News breakfast this morning.

Joanne Pollard was named WA volunteer of the year and Woodside Petroleum was recognised for its volunteer programs at an awards ceremony last night.

Kate Cherry is bringing her business and arts experience to new projects in Perth.

The WA screen industry has fallen in behind the idea of Fremantle as the state’s film hub. But is Victoria Quay the best place for a movie studio? asks Mark Naglazas in the second of a series of articles on the most important piece of film infrastructure in our state’s history.

Perth giving circle Meridian Global Foundation has partnered with not-for-profit Medical Oxygen for All to help $1.1 million in fundraising reach India.