THE election in Western Australia may have been too close to call earlier this week, but that didn't stop the behind-the-scenes strategists predicting how the surprise conservative polling could influence the federal sphere.
THE resources sector has not been reassured by Ross Garnaut's latest report on a national emissions trading scheme, despite the 10 per cent reduction target by 2020 being labelled too low by environmental groups.
Subiaco-based drug discovery company Phylogica Ltd has signed a joint agreement with researchers in the United Kingdom for the development and commercialisation of novel cancer drugs.
I think we should all be very concerned about whether we are producing a future workforce with the necessary skills to compete successfully in an increasingly competitive world.
When a high-profile business leader like Michael Chaney chooses to devote a major address to Perth's business leadership to the topic of schoolteachers, it's worth sitting up and taking notice.
In the mid-1980s, the director of Catholic Education in Western Australia commissioned architect Marcus Collins to design and refurbish the organisation's Leederville offices.
The battle between Alan Carpenter and Colin Barnett may be dominating the media during this election campaign, but it could be the minor parties that end up holding the aces in the new government.
A TRILATERAL agreement between The University of Western Australia, China’s Zhejiang University and Japan’s Kobe University will be used to establish education and scientific links between the three i
Liberal Party leader Colin Barnett's commitment to increased education spending was one of the few standouts in the third week of the state election campaign, which has continued to be a lacklustre affair.
Liver cancer treatment company Sirtex Medical Ltd has applied for an injunction against former chairman Bruce Gray to stop him from competing with the firm after he backed down from an earlier commitment.
Indonesian media and culture scholar, Krishna Sen, has been appointed to lead The University of Western Australia’s faculty of arts, humanities and social sciences.
People with sedentary occupations have a greater propensity to become overweight and obese, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The short, sharp election campaign called by Premier Alan Carpenter makes it imperative that the major parties focus on the core issues that will affect Western Australia's long-term future.
The Brand Agency is likely to take over Curtin University of Technology's advertising account, which has been managed by Gatecrasher for the past five years.
More than 1,500 medical and scientific researchers are expected to be working in the Nedlands research precinct following completion of a $360 million investment program.
An initiative that will provide discounted mentoring and training services to Western Australian small business owners is due to be launched by state Education and Training Minister Mark McGowan later this month.
The Passages Resource Centre in Northbridge says guiding marginalised Western Australians out of homelessness means overcoming the cycle of unemployment, health problems and, in many cases, substance abuse.
Wesfarmers has committed $4.5 million for the establishment of a new centre dedicated to boosting the number of cutting-edge medical research discoveries that go from the laboratory bench to a patient's bedside.
The state's aged care sector has echoed calls by the Australian Council of Trade Unions for urgent action to avoid a work-care collision as the nation's population ages.
Of Western Australia's 32 premiers, only two - Sir John Forrest and Sir Charles Court - are likely to ever get within cooee of challenging Brian Burke in the most-written-about stakes.
Strategic Marine chairman Mark Newbold has won his second major award for the year, joining five others as winners of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year western region 2008 awards.
Shipbuilding, fashion design, education and mining are the tools of trade behind this year's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Western Region award winners.
