Delia Price

After a turbulent year shifting from a national partnership, Alzheimer’s WA is leading the charge to help WA communities deal with the growing number of dementia sufferers.

A plant scientist from UWA has won a prestigious award for her research into the canola industry, aimed at slashing rates of crop disease.

As International Women’s Day is celebrated globally today, the WA Women’s Hall of Fame has inducted 15 high achievers into its ranks, including mining executive Bronwyn Barnes and Committee for Perth chief executive Marion Fulker.

A Pilbara not for profit is using the Karijini Experience to boost its social enterprise arm, while shunning sponsorship from mining companies.

A national survey released today by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) has identified major issues in the resources sector, with a majority of female respondents believing the industry is not diverse.

Photo Essay: Formally celebrated in Australia for the first time almost a century ago, International Women’s Day remains a significant date on the calendar.

Research released today by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has found a gender pay gap of $162,000 between Australia’s highest paid men and women, but women are progressing into full-time management roles at a faster rate than men.

The federal government has today announced new and renewed appointments to its Takeovers Panel including Perth-based John McGlue, Shirley In’t Veld and Denise McComish.

Regional tours have become a regular fixture on the calendars of Western Australia’s biggest arts companies, but ensuring the programs’ longevity remains a financial challenge for many.

Perth-based security and technology company Spectur has announced it will join the state government’s new shark drumline trial, providing nine Shark Warning Systems.

WA could be at the forefront of disease prevention worldwide when the Perth-based National Phenome Centre is up and running.

The state government has today announced the rollout of $8.8 million of stand-alone power systems, with Perth-based companies Hybrid Systems and BayWA r.e Solar Systems to lead the first stage of deployment.

Surveying company Veris has today announced its technology subsidiary Aqura Technologies has been awarded $7.9 million in new contracts.

Rottnest’s first new accommodation in 30 years was officially launched last week, with a $25 million glamping site set to open to the public in March.

Perth-based EON Foundation is growing its food and nutrition programs in remote communities.

Fees at most of WA’s private schools are on the way up, with the BNiQ database showing the state’s most expensive schools are costing parents around $5,000 more per year than in 2013.

The Sunset Hospital site on the riverfront in Dalkeith will become a cultural and creative precinct, with Culture and Arts Minister David Templeman today announcing an expressions of interest process.

Scitech has today renewed three partnerships with major organisations – Chevron Australia, Alcoa of Australia and Mitsui Iron Ore Development – to support delivery of its science, technology, engineering and maths programs.

The curators and sponsors of the Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA are hopeful the more than 150 pieces on display will challenge and broaden the public’s perception of Aboriginal art.

Three months after announcing a new education strategy, StudyPerth has launched its action plan, outlining a range of ideas to attract and retain international students.

Three Perth-based listed resources companies have today announced additions and changes to their boards, with appointments including John Elkington and Bruce Goulds.

Having spent years working overseas in Europe and the UK, director and lighting designer Mark Howett is acutely aware of the need for art to appeal far beyond its own cultural base.

Neurological services provider MSWA has undergone substantial growth in the past 10 years, working towards reliance on private revenue sources.

Perth-based mining technology company Qteq will use a $2.8 million federal grant to bring oil and gas technology into the mining industry.

A new collaboration between Perth Festival’s Writers Week and The Literature Centre is promising to expand the centre’s audience reach to an adult demographic.

Government-backed agency StudyPerth has today appointed eight Western Australians from the education, legal and professional sectors as members of a new employability panel aimed at international students.

Having survived algal blooms, urbanisation and vegetation clearing over the years, the Peel-Harvey Estuary is now the focus of a restoration effort involving international and local groups.

Caroline and John Wood no doubt have volumes of ‘war stories’ yet to be written about their decades at the centres of influence in academia and government.

The State Training Board has today released a report on issues and barriers for Western Australian apprentices and employers, urging the state government not to hold back changes because of bureaucratic processes.

The Pilbara Ports Authority has achieved a new record tonnage on a single tide at the Port of Port Hedland.

Global accounting firm KPMG Australia has appointed Matthew Woods as its Western Australian state chair.

BGC Contracting has appointed two general managers for its construction division, while Perth accountancy firm BDO has announced two new partners.