Cultural Industries

The 33 cents of every dollar spent by Western Australians on Lotterywest games each week has pushed the state lottery's community contributions to a record high.

A creative arts Perth business with Aboriginal links has attracted the attention of more than 40 US editors and influential businesspeople, including editors at Vogue and Oprah Winfrey's magazine, within a month of opening shop.

Business News shines a light on four businesses operating in WA that have achieved the highest level of national recognition for increasing opportunities for indigenous Australians.

The game between Adelaide Crows and Geelong this weekend has been called off, but other AFL games will proceed, after Crows coach Phil Walsh was found dead in his home early this morning.

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra is breaking new ground in efforts to broaden its audience and appeal, and persuade the people of Perth that classical music is not the preserve of an elite clique of enthusiasts.

Just 12 years ago, the founders of Student Edge were students themselves; they've now built up a business with 750,000 members nationally and are set to expand their service offering.

Bannister Downs Dairy Company managing director Sue Daubney has won the Industry Advocacy award at the 2015 Women in Industry Awards in Sydney.

Perth Glory has appointed Peter Filopoulos as its new chief executive, following Jason Brewer's resignation in April.

A Fremantle-based not-for-profit organisation is fighting back against a funding culture focused on new projects, seeking instead to draw on more than 20 years of goodwill to elicit support for its existing work.

The state government has stopped funding the only part of its shark hazard mitigation strategy that makes sense, the state opposition and Greens say.

The first sod has been turned at the Sarich Neuroscience Research Institute in Nedlands, with Cockram Construction set to begin work under a $30.3 million contract.

Following a push by industry, the state government has released a step-by-step guide on how to promote and access greater cultural diversity.

Australia's first ‘electric highway' is being unveiled today, connecting Perth to the South West through a series of fast-fill charging stations.

The Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation has continued to benefit from being one of Fortescue Metals Group's preferred indigenous partners, having joined with Thiess to win an $85 million contract in the Pilbara.

Donations totalling more than $200,000 have been made in the past two days ahead of tonight's CEO Sleepout fundraiser, but organiser St Vincent de Paul Society of WA is still hoping a final surge in contributions will exceed the $1 million mark.

Just two weeks after its big annual event, Celebrate WA is ushering in a new CEO in a change that reflects a strategic reset at two important culture-focused Perth organisations.

A Perth startup raising funds for charity by piggybacking on shopping purchases made online is well on its way to making ‘giving' cool and simple, according to its founder.

Almost 600 charities, including more than 170 bush fire brigades, have had their charitable status revoked by the national regulator.

Many of Perth's top executives are short of their fundraising targets just three days before the year's major homelessness fundraiser, the CEO Sleepout.

One of WA's largest Aboriginal corporations has been sharply divided as it seeks to deal with the impact of plunging iron ore revenue.

Perth-based online health directory and booking service HealthEngine has reached a new milestone, with the company making its one millionth online booking through its application.

Roy Hill Holdings, its business partners and project contractors, have set up a $10 million community foundation they say will offer a “unique” approach to delivering educational and cultural programs to Pilbara communities.

Fremantle Dockers player Ryan Crowley has been suspended for 12 months after he tested positive to a banned substance in last year's season.

Construction of the $360 million St John of God Midland Public Hospital has been completed on time and on budget, with Brookfield Multiplex handing the keys to the state government and the hospital operator today.

Ambulance ramping will be banned at three Perth tertiary hospitals from July 1 to cut down on patient waiting time.

Country Arts WA has welcomed a $24 million state funding program announced today in Bunbury as the biggest and most significant investment in arts and culture in regional Australia.

KangaART hopping to make a mark

At 25.3 per cent, WA's gender pay gap is the largest in Australia, and is one of four main barriers to women joining boards, according to a new report.

The state government has signed six historic indigenous land use agreements covering 200,000 square kilometres of the South West of Western Australia.

A former Western Power boss, the vice-chancellor of Curtin University, and a former Bethanie chief executive are among this year's local recipients of the Queen's Birthday honours list.

Perth's contemporary arts institute has increased its overall income by 96 per cent in nine years by diversifying its supporter base.

A $2.3 MILLION allocation last week to charity from funds confiscated by police highlights the good that can come from freezing proceeds of crime valued at $158 million during the past three years.