RIO Tinto has established a partnership with Curtin University to develop the mining giant’s second innovation centre, the Materials and Sensing Centre.
Six Perth-based companies have been recognised for their initiatives to advance women in the workplace, joining 99 businesses nationwide as employers of choice for women.
Five new names have emerged in the contest for four directorships of WA Newspapers Holdings in the wake of Seven Network Ltd's move to spill the board, pushing the field to 11.
Parker Centre chief Mark Woffenden has been appointed executive director of Curtin University of Technology's new Resources and Chemistry Centre, due for completion in 2009.
The recent unexpected death of her father from a heart attack, after he displayed none of the normal symptoms that can be detected and treated, initially made cardiologist Dr Michelle Ammerer question the very reason for working in her area of specialty.
National tourism award wins TWO Western Australian tourism businesses, the Augusta- Margaret River Association and Faraway Bay, both won a prestigious 2007 Qantas Australian Tourism Award, held in Can
It’s evident we’re well into a period best described as the ‘era of Liberal demise’.
Although it started at least as early as 1996 – when then prime minister John Howard shamelessly dumped his party’s longstanding federalist commitment and adopted Labor’
A new piece of technology developed by Nedlands-based TheBuzz Corp aims to allow people to make low cost phone calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) without needing a broadband connection or a computer.
The Perth Convention Bureau has appointed Paul Beeson as director of business development. Gareth Martin has been appointed director of business development, filling a 12-month vacancy.
One of Western Australia’s major technology projects died a quiet death last week, two days before the Carpenter government cranked up support for the state’s next big technology project.
Teaching and research activities in Western Australia have received a boost with the announcement of a $150,000 donation from Mitsui & Co (Australia) Ltd and Mitsui Iron Ore Development Pty Ltd to The University of Western Australia.
Premier Alan Carpenter has announced a $20 million state government investment in the establishment of an International Radio Astronomy Research Centre in Western Australia.
The Perth Convention Bureau has appointed Paul Beeson as director of business development. Gareth Martin has been appointed director of business development, filling a 12-month vacancy.
Curtin University Graduate School of Business is located in Perth’s central business district and attracts highly talented teachers and researchers from the industry.
Following on from the success of its state-of-the-art Oral Health Centre development at Nedlands’ Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, architectural and planning practice Hames Sharley has been called back to design and plan a landmark $100 million research
An independent expert advisory group to be chaired by Western Australia’s chief scientist, Professor Lyn Beazley (pictured), has been formed to oversee the first round of funding from the $36.5 millio
Applecross-based engineering company, Monadelphous Group Ltd, has announced a record after tax profit of $32.1 million for the half year ended 31 December 2007, up 2 per cent on the previous corresponding period.
Annual Conference: A decade of building partnerships The Australian Technology Network of Universities is holding an annual conference from January 29 to 31 at Curtin University.
WHILE the WA Business News Innovation forum in the January 17 edition provided some interesting debate, opinions expressed in the article ‘Pathway to commercialisation’ on university research commerci
Curtin University economics professor, Peter Kenyon, will officially add ‘cooking mentor’ to his CV with the opening of The Cooking Professor’s Cooking Classes School in Mount Lawley this week.
Professor Stephen Martin (pictured) has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor of strategy and planning at Curtin University of Technology, replacing Professor Greg Craven.
The state government has announced the formation of a new Independent Expert Advisory Group to oversee the first round of funding from the $36.5 million Low Emissions Energy Development Fund.
A joint venture between the state government and Artsupport Australia is one of two initiatives offering extra philanthropic support for arts organisations in Western Australia.
The Committee for Perth is a not-for-profit group which aims to inject vitality and liveliness into Perth, with a view to making the city a more attractive place to work and live.
