Tori Wilson

State government agency Tourism WA will have greater input into decisions on liquor licence applications, after Premier Mark McGowan today announced a series of regulatory reforms and red tape cuts.

This year marks a changing of the guard at the Perth Writers Festival, with Katherine Dorrington stepping down as program manager and The West Australian’s literary editor, William Yeoman, stepping in to curate the festival in a guest capacity.

Three high-profile business people have resigned from the board of Perth Modern School, just weeks after two other board members did not seek re-election, as the fallout from a governance dispute and a review by KPMG continues.

Two Perth-based startups have been awarded federal grants totalling about $815,000 to help bring their products to market, as part of the national Accelerating Commercialisation (AC) program.

Collaboration is key for the launch of the West Australian Ballet’s 2018 season, as ballerinas and indigenous dancers come together to perform the contemporary work Milnjiya, while opera singer Deborah Cheetham provides support with a score of traditional indigenous sounds.

In the first of a series of articles to mark Business News’ 25th Anniversary, we look back at the work of anti-tobacco campaigners.

The state’s organic wine market may be small but its product is in strong demand, according to local wine producers, with Blind Corner among a handful of growers planning to expand local operations and export activity.

Lotterywest has increased funding for Fringe World Festival and Sculpture by the Sea, committing $1.9 million to the month-long arts festival and $77,000 across a three-year partnership with the coast

Not-for-profit organisation Dress for Success has secured a new six-month tenancy in West Perth, donated by local landlord Robert Harold McComb, via a listing with JLL.