Cultural Industries

Some arts organisations are straining under the weight of rising costs and uncertain funding, while others have found a way forward.

Gold Series – Perth committee members, including Sarita Escalante, hosted the charity gala for the third time and raised just over $1.5 million.

Music festival organisers are adapting their business models in response to economic challenges.

The aged care and retirement living provider will expand its reach to regional Western Australia, amid concerns national aged care changes are increasing pressure on smaller providers.

RAAFA was hoping to begin construction on the $10 million Cannington facility eight months prior.

A public art contract of over half a million dollars has been awarded to two Western Australian artists for the $163 million Australian Hockey Centre project at Curtin University.

OPINION: A whole-of-nation reform agenda is needed to ensure the long-term health of the arts sector.

Former Minderoo Foundation director of arts and culture Ella McNeill will take over as Fremantle Biennale chair from next year.

OPINION: The federal plan to shift part of the aged care funding burden to older people could come back to bite.

Renowned international circus has not stopped its pursuit of creativity despite challenges post-pandemic.

After two consecutive years of posting a deficit, The Kids Research Institute has recorded a profit of $10.8 million for the 2024 financial year.

The former Bankwest location is set to be turned into an art gallery.

Christ Church Grammar School has received approval for its $40 million arts centre, after having to return to the drawing board amid building cost escalations.

OPINION: NDIS is coming up short on efficiency and value for each dollar spent.

Mader Group has secured naming rights for the Port to Pub open swimming event from next year.

The transformation of a Sydney power station into an arts and culture hub serves as an example of what could be done in Perth.

Arts bodies are closing their doors despite hopes the state’s funding model can be improved to better support the sector.

The new chief executive will begin effective immediately, following Susan Rooney stepping down from the role after eight years in July.

West Australian Ballet has appointed a permanent artistic director, after filling the role with a temporary guest director for the past two years.

The not-for-profit organisation has received $4.8 million from the 2025-26 state budget for its youth homelessness service, allowing it to relaunch a program.

OVIS Community Services will receive a $2 million grant from the state government to refurbish and expand its family and domestic violence refuge.

The business centre in Perth's CBD has opened a space to connect the local philanthropic community with charities for the next three weeks.

Philanthropic giving circle, 100 Women, has launched an event combining the use of AI with the ideas of Western Australians to create practical solutions for two local charities.

Half a million dollars has been donated through the sale of blue work boots to support tradie mental and physical health.

WA charities have received a record donation through grain voluntarily forfeited by growers in the 2024/2025 harvest.

A growing chorus of voices is calling for Australia to bring fashion manufacturing home.

The not-for-profit organisation has appointed a new chief executive at the helm of its leadership endeavours in preparation for Dominique Mecoy's departure.

An expert in the public art space says the sector has made big strides of late but faces a risk that process and bureaucracy could kill creativity.

Leading real estate figure Greg Rossen is a shareholder in the independent printing press established by Bret Christian’s western suburbs publisher Post Newspapers.

New financial reports have shone a spotlight on the pressure facing WA’s major performing arts companies, especially WA Ballet and WASO.

Four Western Australian arts organisations will be among the first to receive support from this year’s $8 million Creative Future Fund.