Lesley Reece

A former Western Power boss, the vice-chancellor of Curtin University, and a former Bethanie chief executive are among this year’s local recipients of the Queen’s Birthday honours list.

A Fremantle-based not-for-profit organisation is fighting back against a funding culture focused on new projects, seeking instead to draw on more than 20 years of goodwill to elicit support for its existing work.

A Fremantle-based literature hub is determined to keep the Australian book industry and its creators alive and thriving.