Cultural Industries

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 pandemic has changed the fundraising game.

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

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

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.

St Patrick's Community Support Centre will receive $2.4 million to deliver accommodation and services to people experiencing homelessness in Mandurah and Rockingham.

Cancer Council WA will receive $3.3 million per year for the next five years to run the LiveLighter public health campaign.

Mark Naglazas explores whether the proposed $100 million state-of-the-art facility within Victoria Quay is what the Western Australian screen industry needs.

At what point should not-for-profit organisations start paying fees to their board of directors?

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has confirmed the government has allocated an additional $17.7 billion over five years to restore trust in the aged care sector.

The Blue Room Theatre has reopened its newly renovated bar which was paid for by a $137,000 fundraising campaign.

Francois Witbooi has been appointed chair of Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA, succeeding long-time director Nicola Forrest.

Gina Rinehart has celebrated the launch of a book of jokes and comics compiled by her Cambodian Daughters - a group of Cambodian women Mrs Rinehart supports financially.

Mates in Construction is providing the industry with the tools to improve wellbeing at work.

West Australian Ballet has appointed international businessman Olivier David as its executive director, after a lengthy national search.

Debuting over 200 years ago, Rossini's comic masterpiece The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere de Siviglia) has remained in almost continuous production ever since.

Finding Scitech a new home is top of the list for new chair Chris Palandri.

Former treasurer Ben Wyatt has been appointed to the board of medical research organisation Telethon Kids Institute, his first role since leaving from politics.

Fremantle Arts Centre's annual “Revealed” exhibition of works by new and emerging WA Aboriginal artists is an exciting and engaging collection, writes Belinda Hermawan.

Miss Lily's Fabulous Feather Boa is a fun family show with apt themes of isolation and extinction, says Lydia Edwards.

The startlingly realistic sculptures and installations by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah in ‘Everything Is True' issue a challenge to apply our own versions of the truth to them, Craig McKeough writes.