The Forrest family's philanthropic outfit upped its Facebook and Instagram advertising spend in WA last week as the major parties increasingly lean on memes to make their case on social media.
A Perth-based pharmaceutical founded by 40under40 winner Matt Callahan has acquired its first product in a bid to manoeuvre from research and development status to revenue-generating.
Sapien Cyber has come out in support of recently enacted changes to the nation’s critical infrastructure laws, arguing businesses have nothing to fear from increased obligations.
Labor dominated Facebook and Instagram feeds across WA last week, trumping the Liberal Party's social media advertising outlay in the state by a nearly two-to-one margin.
The federal budget includes $1.6 billion in tax relief to small businesses, encouraging investment in technology and training, but some opportunities were missed.
The state government has committed about $20 million to prepare an "extraordinary" solar eclipse event for the thousands of visitors expected to visit WA.
Sustainable textiles business Nanollose will provide a sample of its newly created fibre to Turkish denim manufacturer Orta, a company which supplies the likes of Levi’s and Armani.
Bethesda Health Care’s new mental health clinic in Cockburn will be the first health facility in Australia to use Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare in its day-to-day operations.
An Australian company commercialising revolutionary gold testing technology has lodged a prospectus for what is shaping up to be the largest initial public offering of the year.
Complete Home Filtration, Ear Science Institute Australia and West Australian Shalom Group were among the national winners of the Telstra Best of Business Awards.
After 20 years of research, Gary Cass has created an environmentally friendly regenerated cellulose textile but is taking his discovery to Sweden because he was unable to find local backing.
Tattarang has directed $26.8 million into Natural Fiber Welding, a plastic free fabric enterprise that has partnered with the likes of Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren, Pangaia and BMW.
Labor’s top recruit for Christian Porter’s old seat poured thousands of dollars on online advertising last week, while two at-risk Liberal MPs shored up their position with a spate of Facebook ads.
Pfizer has made a $100 million bid for WA-founded med-tech company ResApp Health, as it announces a six-month research partnership for COVID-19 products.
An electric vehicle for underground mines and a geothermal development in the Mid West are among more than a dozen projects to have secured grants worth nearly $14 million.
Property technology company Openn Negotiation has scored a pilot agreement with two North American real estate groups, lifting shares some 13 per cent.
Deputy premier Roger Cook said the state government would commit millions of dollars to improve WA's status as a leading "space capital" at a Business News' event this morning.
Perth companies OncoRes Medical and PhosEnergy are among the latest recipients of federal government research grants, with OncoRes also looking to close a private capital raising.
The Birchal platform has raised $100m over four years, with Perth companies Australian Honey Ventures and Bunsters among the latest WA enterprises to garner funding via the site.
Australia’s competition regulatory body is suing the owner of social media giant Facebook over “celebrity-endorsed” scam ads, following a similar legal action by billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest.
A COVID-19 screening system designed by West Perth start-up Avicena Systems has been cleared for use in a large-scale trial in the state’s fly-in, fly-out workforce.
