Cultural Industries

PERTH’S first Fringe World festival got under way last week with a program that includes 150 weird and wonderful acts, living up to the Fringe ideal of a program that offers everything the mainstre

THE federal government has announced a new funding program that will take visual arts on tour to regional locations across Australia.

GRAHAM Forward has an unassuming nature and natural modesty that belies the depth of his connections to, and achievements in, Africa.

Social innovation has been on the state government’s agenda for nearly 12 months, with $14 million in the Social Innovation Grants Program kitty aimed at supporting organisations that develop new w

With few partnerships between large funding bodies, commercial radio stations and arts consultants in Western Australia, the new My City program on Southern Cross Austereo-owned Mix 94.5 is carving

Two Western Australian not-for-profit organisations have formed a partnership to fight infectious lung diseases, with $100,000 already being awarded to WA scientists for projects that address disea

It is not often you come across an organisation that specialises in caring for people affected by the murder of a loved one.

The not-for-profit sector is set for a year of reform in 2012, with changes planned for the definition of charity and the relevant tax rules.

WOODSIDE has thrown its support behind January’s Indian Ocean Classic event, in a bid to support Surf Life Saving.

THE Western Australian Institute for Medical Research will expand its already diverse funding streams next year, when it becomes the benefactor to the Sunsuper Ride to Conquer Cancer.

DURING his years as a primary school teacher, Ken Wyatt worked to develop respect and integrity in the minds of the year seven students he taught.

ECONOMIC development is the answer to indigenous liberation in Australia, facilitated through procurement and contracting of indigenous corporations and joint ventures.

FOR most businesses, dollar figures are a clear and unambiguous indication of performance – markets and investors respond quickly to bad/good news or results.

SHELL Australia has announced increased funding to support education across Australia.

CHRISTMAS shopping may be top of mind for many in Perth as we enter December, but for a number of organisations this time of year is all about the Christmas appeal.

BASED in the South West and with film titles including ‘Finnsurf’, ‘Come Hell or High Water’, and ‘Minds in the Water’ in its line up for next year, the Yallingup Surfilm Festival is pitching to th

STORIES of the fragile nature of funding in the community sector are all-too common, with organisations believing themselves secure in their strategic direction one minute, only to be blindsided by

THE RAC launched its new Community Partnerships and Grass Roots Grants programs last week in a bid to support the state’s not-for-profit and charitable organisations.

HOUSING affordability has been a hot political issue in Western Australia and there’s a growing awareness that the situation could deteriorate when increasing numbers of baby boomers retire from th

WESFARMERS will become the National Gallery of Australia’s indigenous art partner from 2012, increasing its funding to $1.4 million.

SOUND investment strategies and board governance can be the difference between ongoing operational success and failure for all organisations, regardless of status.

Western Australia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed a decision by Fair Work Australia that blocks unions from representing employees that do not fall under its membership.

Perth-based youth volunteer organisation Big Help Mob has taken first prize at the WApp Awards, for its mobile application designed to help co-ordinate volunteers around the country.

IN a bid to raise funds for women’s advocacy and support organisation Esther Foundation, four Perth CBD coffee shops have signed up to the Coffee that Cares fundraising week.

MUSIC education group Musica Viva has launched two new programs for its 2012 offering it says will extend access to quality services in classrooms across Australia.

HE may never have danced professionally, but Jeremy Phillips is passionate enough about contemporary dance to have started a dance company with a funding model he hopes will bring a full season of

The University of Western Australia will be the administrative home of a new International Mining for Development Centre, funded to the tune of $31 million by the Federal Government through AusAID.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS is expecting more than 1,500 runners and walkers from Perth’s corporate community to participate in this year’s Cool Night Classic fun run on November 10.

A STRONG sister state relationship involving China and Western Australia could help people with disability benefit from future advances in technology, according to the state government.

LEADING not-for-profit organisations have hit back at claims they have not been transparent about how much it costs them to raise and allocate millions of dollars each year.

Health insurer HBF has revealed one of its strongest years on record as improved investment markets more than match up with the rising levels of claims.

Real Estate Institute of WA chief executive Anne Arnold has been appointed to the board of aged-care provider, Southern Cross Care, which the business said would contribute to its strategy in deali