Water Corporation will supply Perth-based technology business Hazer Group with biogas from its wastewater treatment plant at Woodman Point, following an agreement signed between the two parties.
Since the mid-20th century, a favourite pastime of some planning critics has been vilifying suburban sprawl for its links – rightly or wrongly – to obesity, environmentally negligent living and soc
WA's university sector is concerned with the lack of federal support for international students, warning that choices made now could cause years of damage to the country's economy and reputation.
Potential for a hydrogen industry in WA has been ignited in 2020, with at least 12 feasibility studies under way, while the federal government has announced $300 million to support the industry.
Adarsh Australia has been awarded a government contract to produce up to 10,000 face shields for Western Australia's surgeons and ENT specialists, boosting the state's supply of critical protective medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SPECIAL REPORT: Despite WA's history of innovative medical research, the state's medtech sector continues to grapple with outsider perceptions and its own commercial direction.
The University of Western Australia has partnered with Microsoft to rapidly implement a remote learning solution that covers nearly all its courses, building on a package originally conceived to support international students unable to come to Australia early this year.
The C-suite just became bigger, with the COVID-19 pandemic throwing another key title into the top end of the corporate and government decision-making – chief medical officer – a role where Western
Zelira Therapeutics shares have surged more than 25 per cent after a clinical trial showed its medical marijuana drug candidate successfully treated chronic insomnia.
Despite tough market conditions, two experienced Perth-based lawyers have today launched Mason Ledger, a full-service commercial law firm touting several major recruits from across the legal spectrum.
Private schools across Western Australian have announced they will move to online teaching as the nation remains divided over whether schools should remain open during a pandemic.
A caring society is one that treats all people with equal dignity and respect, looks after its people so that no one is left behind, ensures they can access basic goods and services to place them o
The federal government today announced significant investments in the energy sector, with the awarding of $69.5 million to two new cooperative research centres, and the launch of the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre.
The difficulties facing Australia's tertiary education sector as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus demonstrate a great deal about the industry and how it is struggling to cope with change.
Associate Professor Melissa Langdon says International Women's Day is a time to celebrate women's achievements and have important conversations on how women can be better supported at work and in society.
In 1911 there was consensus among legislators that the state's first University should provide tertiary education of a practical nature to help develop Western Australia's pioneering economy.
An industry consortium including Woodside and two universities has confirmed Perth will be the hub of a new remote operations centre dedicated to the space industry.
More than half of Western Australia's major universities are below the national average on measures of employer satisfaction, according to the results of the latest Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) survey.
Construction work will start in April on the $35 million second stage of the University of Western Australia's Forrest Hall, with local building firm Jaxon appointed to carry out the works.
Biotech company Zelira Therapeutics has received commitments to raise around $4.6 million from a share placement, while rent.com.au is planning an underwritten $2.9 million rights issue.
A Perth biotech company founded by Nobel Prize winner Barry Marshall has secured a promise of $1 million in federal funding for the commercialisation of its acoustic belt for gut monitoring.
The University of Western Australia has selected Canadian academic Amit Chakma as its new vice-chancellor, replacing Dawn Freshwater who is moving to a new role in New Zealand next year.
Curtin University has announced the departure of vice-chancellor Deborah Terry, who will take up the role of vice-chancellor at the University of Queensland.
Robotic fish supported by machine learning are being developed to help rid WA waterways of invasive species, a project which illustrates the impact of the Forrest Fellowship program.
A group of 11 academics and entrepreneurs have joined to found the Commercialisation Studies Centre, a member-run, resource centre and events hub designed to aid relationships between academics and entrepreneurs in Western Australia.
Former Art Gallery of WA chief executive and director Stefano Carboni has relocated to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to assist in broadening the country's cultural offerings as part of Saudi Vision 2030.
Medtech startup VeinTech has won first prize at this year's Perth Biodesign course, for its invention of a device that improves cannulation, the process for intravenous vein access.
Sipa Resources managing director Lynda Burnett has announced her resignation, after serving more than five years in the role, and will join the board at Regis Resources as an independent non-executive director.
The great city of Perth has long been drained by having to focus its attention on the national capital and the eastern seaboard. And yet it sits at the fulcrum of the wider Indian Ocean Rim.
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has announced a tender as part of a $70 million new supercomputing system to replace its existing Magnus and Galaxy supercomputers.
