Cultural Industries

The body charged with national oversight for the NFP sector is gradually winning over critics, but needs support from all states and territories.

The incoming director of WA's premier medical research body says he wants better integrate it with other health organisations.

THURSDAY Island-based artist Brian Robinson has won the Western Australian Indigenous Art Award, receiving $50,000 in prize money.

Mining giant Rio Tinto and not-for-profit group Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts Australia (DADAA) have launched a partnership aimed at helping regional communities overcome the sti

A SURVEY of the state's corporate and not-for-profit sectors has uncovered some key strategies for achieving better engagement and more productive outcomes between the two groups.

ST Bartholomew's House marks a major milestone this year, having provided support services for the state's homeless for 50 years.

The Perth arm of charity Ronald McDonald House has done a better job than most listed companies in a tight capital market, topping its $20 million campaign goal well ahead of schedule.

Make-A-Wish Australia has announced a new partnership with Perth-based mining services firm Mineral Resources.

Perth-based arts manager and Bethanie Group chief operating officer Mary-Ellen King is the sole Western Australian among the 12 new appointees to the Australian Council for the Arts board.

The Totally Huge New Music Festival offers an insight into how far performers can push the boundaries of audio art.

Competition between private hospital operators in Western Australia is set to heat up, as two rival groups set their sights on the Peel region.

IT has taken just a few years for the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture to establish itself as one of Perth's most prestigious art events.

Perth's Murdoch University has joined the ranks of tertiary institutions appointing leading resources industry players as chancellors.

For 40 years, the Perth Concert Hall has taken centre stage in the eyes of parochial Western Australian arts lovers.

The promoter for the coming Warped Tour is blaming the state government for his decision to take Perth off the tour dates.

From building PA systems for the Rolling Stones to rebuilding the business after a massive fire, Kosmic Sound managing director John Goldsmith has faced some big challenges in his 40 years at the h

Established and newer arts festivals in Western Australia are enjoying growth and success this year, attracting an increasing number of artists and patrons.

Great artists of the 20th and 21st centuries feature in the third exhibition to come from New York's Museum of Modern Art.

North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club has moved into its expanded building on Marine Parade, which is designed to accommodate its growing membership.

A Mandurah retirement village operator has become the third organisation in Western Australia in the past year to be deemed a charity by the State Administrative Tribunal, effectively opening the d

THE WA Council of Social Service has expressed concern that many small businesses and charities remain unaware of looming changes to national reporting regulations, which come into effect on July 1

OIL and gas producer ConocoPhillips Australia has become the naming rights sponsor for national science education program The Science Experience.

Andrew Forrest rarely steps into the footsteps of others.

One of Perth's longest running private art businesses is restructuring to turn its main gallery space into a proposed artists' collective, citing a crisis in the sector as rivals close their doors.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been working to improve animal welfare practices in Western Australia since 1892.

The St Vincent de Paul Society was among the state's first not-for-profit organisations to receive a grant from the state lottery commission (now Lotterywest), in 1933.

Perth will need twice as many performing arts venues as it currently has over the next 40 years to cope with growing demand, according to a new report.

PERTH-BASED Youth Focus has signed a partnership agreement with NSW organisation Black Dog Institute.

MAKE-A-WISH Australia has announced a new partnership with the Qantas Foundation, marking a positive turnaround in the not-for-profit group's fortunes after a tough few years.

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra will put on two special performances to accompany Peter Jackson's movie Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring on the big screen on June 21 and 22.

Perth-based energy infrastructure company ATCO Australia has announced it will support two new exhibitions to be presented by indigenous art group Nomad Two Worlds.