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How is government going to support providers in the pathway to good governance and who is going to pay for it?

Western Australia’s international education industry is poised for a much-needed boost thanks to the state government’s $10 million agent incentive scheme.

Competition is driving growth and a lift in quality in the non-alcoholic drinks space.

The NDIS-funded Specialist Disability Accommodation program needs some reworking to best serve the sector.

The Morrison government’s Job Ready Graduates package of reforms reduced student tuition fees in fields expected to produce the most job growth, while increasing fees for courses seen as less vital to the economy.

The absence from the Jobs and Skills Summit of the association representing aged care sector employers was a missed opportunity.

Always on the lookout for plagiarism in students’ work, universities also must contend with a barrage of online cheating services.

Finding solutions to the issue of unregistered NDIS providers is not black and white.

Rate My Professors will do little to improve teaching and learning.

There are many moving parts that need tweaking to make the NDIS function at its best.

For most of us, passion comes a distant second to practicality when it comes to the weekly grind.

The disruption of the past two years has contributed to leadership changes and restructures.

The state government has turned its back on the retirement village sector and with it has neutered WA’s response to the rapid ageing of its population.

University leaders need to prepare graduates to be able to play a valuable role in the gig economy.

The state government must ensure certainty for the retirement villages sector.

There is a compelling case for the higher education sector to embrace a broader conception of international education.

Familial relationships are set to be challenged as our population ages, care costs rise and who pays is questioned.

Indigenous Australians and their businesses play an important role in the defence industry.

First-mover advantage awaits a WA university willing to offer an apprenticeship degree.

Amber Crosthwaite’s latest column for Business News takes the form of an open letter to Labor’s new aged care minister Mark Butler and Anika Wells.

The Law Society of WA has welcomed the commencement today of uniform law reforms, saying the changes will deliver benefits for both the profession and consumers.

A longstanding university practice is increasingly a cause for controversy.

Columnist Amber Crosthwaite has penned an open letter to the new minister responsible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Bill Shorten.

Increasing Australian industry participation in the defence sector will be a key goal for the new government.

A WA mining dynasty’s move to new West Perth headquarters reflects a change in identity for the company.

With no clear alternative to compare secondary students across schools, ATAR will likely remain the standard, despite some high-profile opposition.

Business News has won five awards at the international Alliance of Area Business Publishers awards, announced at a gala event in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday.

The restoration of trust between the community and aged care sector is a vital first step if much-needed reform is to be achieved.

A new, co-authored report has presented two different views of the future of public higher education.

If a bitterly divided Liberal Party can’t unite on policies and candidates to win back mainstream voters, its chances at the 2025 state election are doomed.

Toll chief executive Christine Holgate says the fact that Scott Morrison is no longer Prime Minister “enables her to sleep at night”.

A buoyant retirement village sector has positive flow-through effects on housing more generally, but over-regulation is stifling new investment.