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.
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
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
Setting up a second symphony orchestra in Perth is ambitious but for a convivial pair like Bourby Webster and Annalisa Oxenburgh it is an obvious choice for the city.
THE Australian Institute of Company Directors’ latest report into not-for-profit directorships has revealed specifics around the dedication of business people to the community sector.
NATIONAL Australia Bank has signed on as the national sponsor for SportingPulse, an organisation that acts in part as a support to the development of grassroots sports.
PERTH International Arts Festival director Jonathan Holloway has announced the first round of highlights in the 2012 PIAF program, with two Australian exclusives among them.
HUNGER relief charity Foodbank WA has been named as a finalist in one of Australia’s best-known environmental awards programs, the Banksia Environmental Awards, for its efforts to reduce food waste
A DESIRE to be of benefit to the wider community was among the motivating factors behind Iain Gerrard’s decision to take on the role of Western Australian business ambassador for the Leukaemia Foun
BUZZ Dance Theatre recently announced that its long-standing, triennial funding agreement with the Australia Council’s Dance Board would come to an end in December.
PROPERTY firm Jones Lang LaSalle is putting its weight behind a local community choir to help the choir’s homeless and disadvantaged members raise funds for local charities through the sale of CDs
A VISIT to Princely Treasures, the latest in the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Great Collections of the World series, is a mesmerising historical experience.
