Cultural Industries

Minderoo Foundation has set new donation target of $1 million to support the build of WA’s first children’s hospice.

WA’s largest charity has fallen away from its number one position for the first time since 2014, suffering a financial loss of $10.8 million.

St Pat’s marks 50 years as its fundraiser with the National Hotel passes $550,000 in donations.

HBF has awarded two new contracts to support medical research initiatives at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and Telethon Kids Institute.

Emma Buswell cleverly knits together laughs with social commentary in a new exhibition that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at one of Perth’s upmarket suburbs.

Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation has announced it would be Euroz Hartleys Port to Pub Swim charity partner until 2025.

A western suburbs organisation has been selected to provide disability services from Cottesloe’s Lady Lawley Cottage which has been closed for more than two years.

A Perth organisation has launched a new mentorship program to upskill women moving into leadership.

West Australian Ballet has announced three of its prominent dancers would be retiring amidst the celebration of the company’s 70th year.

WA-based not for profit Good Sammy has announced a new partnership with Centurion Transport to provide jobs for people with disability.

Classical singer Fiona Campbell is set to move to Perth Symphony Orchestra, following her appointment as creative director.

The group behind Fringe World Festival and Rooftop movies has appointed new board members to replace Renee Wingfield and Howard Cearns.

A western suburbs boys’ school is set for a $29 million upgrade of its performing arts space after a development assessment panel approved a proposal to build four-storey facility on campus.

Stephen Daly has stepped down as chief operating officer for Minderoo and Tattarang after a three-and-a-half year stint inside the Forrest family businesses.

Growing employment services provider APM has launched a campaign for people with disability to voice their expectations for the future of the Australian workforce.

Clough and not-for-profit Orana House have commenced a 12-month reciprocal partnership to work towards ending violence against women.

A hundred properties will be acquired to house rough sleepers in Perth and surrounds, as part of a $24 million package announced by the state government today.

The Wyn Carr House has received a grant of $2.5 million from the state government to fund the refurbishment of the two-storey safe house for vulnerable women in Fremantle.

Exit entitlement deadlines are among the greatest areas of contention for the state government’s retirement village reform plans, a Property Council event heard this morning.

Grand Cinemas has called in administrators and will close two of its five cinemas after struggling to recover from pandemic closures and capacity limits.

MACA Cancer 200 Ride for Research fundraiser has nearly reached its participant capacity for the 2023 event in only four weeks.

Byron Bay Bluesfest has announced it will visit the Swan Valley in 2023 for the festival’s 34th annual event and a first for Western Australia.

If Mahler or Metallica require it, a chamber-sized version of Perth Symphony Orchestra is ready to get heavy, writes Claire Coleman.

Fierce and funny, Oil tackles some big subjects, and the cast is more than up to the challenge, writes Rita Clarke.

More than a decade after finishing up as the state’s chief scientist, Lyn Beazley remains a passionate advocate for medical research.

US film producer Jon Kuyper, who worked on Hollywood movies The Great Gatsby, The Hobbit and Mad Max: Fury Road, says WA's film studio will fast become one of the world's top movie destinations.

The Perth International Jazz Festival is off and swinging and Kristian Borring says the diverse opening night program promises a great weekend in Perth and later in the south-west.

A West Perth arts precinct, dubbed by locals as the 'Pickle District', is expected to be demolished after an assessment panel approved a five-storey Bunnings to be built on the site.

The Ellington Jazz Club has been put up for sale by co-founder Bernard Kong 13 years after he and the late Graham Wood opened the doors to what would become Perth’s best-known jazz patch.

French in name only, Telemann’s ‘Paris Quartets’ offer a suite of European flavours. Australian Baroque charms Claire Coleman with a polished performance.

STRUT Dance will be the first of many arts groups to use the long-shuttered Liberty Theatre in central Perth.

Perth Festival will return next year with a full line-up of interstate and overseas acts, a free opening event at Joondalup and expectations for a big increase in income.