The Western Australian government's flagged destruction of up to 150 remote indigenous communities is being widely condemned as harking back to assimilation days.
The state’s two largest not-for-profit businesses in the disability and aged care sectors have reported positive results despite an increasingly uncertain operating environment.
Construction workers plan to protest outside the Federal Court in Perth today as dozens of their colleagues face big fines for downing tools to attend a rally.
Education provider Navitas says it has become joint naming rights sponsor of the Navitas Satalyst Racing team, a Western Australian registered cycling team competing in the National Road Series.
Improving the diagnosis and management of patients with fatty liver conditions was the motivation for the 2014 WA Innovator of the Year winner, Resonance Health.
A leading medical researcher at the Telethon Kids Institute believes effective communication is key if the business community is to become more engaged in research into autism.
The state’s healthcare and social services sectors are in for another decade of rapid change, industry leaders say, after growing employee numbers by more than 60,000 during the past 10 years.
Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation is pushing for a Western Australian early learning centre to become the template for a national strategy.
A Chinese animation company has agreed to help fund construction of a speciality movie production studio in Bunbury which could see the South West town become a national centre of excellence.
Fortescue Metals Group has extended its partnership with hockey world champions the Kookaburras for another two years, providing support in the build-up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Two Perth event planners have taken rejection in their stride, launching one and planning another urban recreation event to enliven the city at their own expense.
Woodside Petroleum has donated $1 million to the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, while 100 Woodside employees have raised almost $280,000 more through the Ride to Conquer Cancer.
The sponsorship role of Healthway will be scrutinised by the state government as Colin Barnett says he’s highly embarrassed by what appears to be its censorship of the arts.
A Perth entrepreneur has followed in the footsteps of Toms Shoes and Zambrero, with a one-for-one proposal to benefit children’s charity, The Smith Family.
Two training facilities in the Kimberley will officially open this week after Training and Workforce Development Minister Kim Hames announced the completion of a $9.9 million redevelopment today.
