Increased funding for arts organisations, new museum programs and designer fashion grants are some of the initiatives announced in the 2006-07 State Budget.
100 Swiss travel agents have arrived in Western Australia to take part in a workshop and familiarisation program aimed at boosting Swiss tourism to the state.
Audiences and performers will be treated to better theatre facilities with the opening of Perth's newly refurbished Arts House (The Blue Room) in the Perth Cultural Centre.
Tourism Minister Sheila McHale today said the number of international visitors to Western Australia had increased by 8.2 per cent in the past year to a record number of 635,200.
Western Australia will once again host the international adventure-sports competition, X-Adventure (pronounced cross adventure) RAID World Cup on March 18 and 19.
The East Perth Redevelopment Authority has had the revitalisation of the Perth cultural precinct added to its task list, making it one of the busiest planning agencies in Western Australia.
BOOMING Recruiting – a hands-on, practical resource booklet
to boost volunteering numbers has been launched as part of National Volunteer
Week.
The booklet is the culmination of nearly three years
