Former Orbital Engine Corporation chief executive Kim Schlunke came to some interesting conclusions when he sat down three years ago to ponder the future of recreational transport.
In universities, in public research institutions, even in the proverbial backyard sheds, vast numbers of inventive, creative types around Australia are looking for the next big breakthrough.
A delegate attending a recent Liberal Party rural divisional conference unexpectedly announced he was fed up with living under three tiers of government – national, state and local – and said one should be scrapped.
It has taken two years for the Bank of Scotland, trading under the alphabet soup name of HBOS, to bed down its sometimes troublesome Australian subsidiary, BankWest, but recent events in the market flag the launch of what some observers see as a classic ‘
Embedded Technology Corporation is in many ways an archetypal early stage software company, driven by dedication and enthusiasm but with global aspirations.
Perth company Cool Energy is preparing for field trials of a ‘gas sweetening' technology that could allow dozens of ‘shut in' gas fields around the world to be developed.
Gerry Monteiro narrowly escaped family tragedy twice in an eight-month period a few years ago when he almost ran over his son while reversing the family caravan down the driveway.
Researchers at the University of Western Australia have licensed a technology that may lead to a new treatment for osteoporosis, the skeletal disorder that affects almost two million Australians.
A new technology developed at Curtin University and currently being commercialised by Sydney company, Neuromonics, is seeking to change the widely held view that the medical condition tinnitus cannot be treated.
The colour, vibrancy and unique taste of Croatian cuisine will be on display in Perth next week at the 10th annual Croatian Food Festival at the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle.
Perth investors who like the taste of barramundi are currently in the rare position of being able to select from an investment menu with three Western Australian aquaculture companies.
There has been much reference to the promised tax cuts in this year's Federal Budget, with the Labor opposition damning its “unfairness” while supporters have emailed around the famous restaurant analogy we published on this page last year.
State Scene has three excellent informants with a good view into what's happening within Canberra's conservative elite headed by John Howard and John Anderson.
What do the chaps at Crosby Partners know that eludes Australian investors? Simple really. Every morning they look at a map of the world and ask a simple question: “has China disappeared?”
We are very, very uncomfortable that Foodland Associated Ltd has agreed to sell 16 of its best Action supermarkets in Western Australia to one of the two dominant grocery conglome
Home-grown technology developed by private Perth company McRobert Aquaculture Systems has been promoted as having the potential to “revolutionise” the global aquaculture industry.
With interest rates at their lowest levels in 20 years, the Australian mortgage market has never been healthier. But as rates have begun to climb this year, the number of new loan approvals is diminishing.
National Lifestyle Villages (NLV) has set its sights on establishing 100 self-contained villages across Australia that will house up to 40,000 people over the next 20 years. And it's well and truly on the way to achieving that goal.
By seizing on opportunities in the market and focusing on becoming a wholesale distribution business, Australian Gypsum Industries (AGI) has cemented a place as one of this year's Rising Stars.
Leanne Preston is fast becoming Australia's version of UK businesswoman and The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, a comparison she is only too happy about.
When a company goes from a standing start to nearly 400 staff in the space of three years, you might think it would be time to take stock and consolidate.
The State Government is undoubtedly leading the charge when it comes to sustainability, insisting that any commercial building it is considering tenanting have at least a three and a half green star rating
Just in case anyone missed me, I have had the great pleasure of visiting the State's vast North West with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry's annual tour.
