People power is an increasingly influential component in the decision making process with regard to major projects in Western Australia. Alison Birrane reports on community consultation and the tussle over public involvement in industry and government dec
LOCAL e-learning specialist Westinfo Services has won an award for the second year running at the Thomson NETg annual Channel Partner Conference in Cannes, France.
THE growing number of communities forming action groups and taking their anger over coastal development to the streets may cause some to question the value of community consultation.
COMPETITION is likely to intensify within the voice services sector in the latter half of this year as several players begin to drive the battle into the residential Voice over Internet Protocol market space (VoIP).
THE State Government has launched its Innovation Initiative against the backdrop of the Western Australian component of the Australian Innovation Festival.
A CAPITAL raising undertaken by wireless technology company Wavenet International Limited closed fully subscribed last week, with the company raising $A5,000,000 through a share placement.
RISING oil prices might mean fatter profits for the State’s
oil producers but there’s a downside for the broader community, with business and consumers set to foot the bill at the fuel pump.
TEN Western Australian companies exhibited at this year’s
CeBIT conference at a Western Australia stand organised through the Department
of Industry and Resources.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS provider Optus is hatching major expansion plans in Western Australia after experiencing steady growth across its various offerings in the past two years.
IN a statement that has clear implications for Western Australian exports of liquid natural gas, US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has urged the US to import and process
ONE of Western Australia’s top scientists is calling for more support from venture capitalists and financiers to back innovation and get commercialisation deals across the line.
A TECHNOLOGY Park start-up claims to have produced a world first in its field and is preparing to take its solution to market at a fraction of the cost of current market offerings.
THE Western Australian Government’s dream of turning the Burrup Peninsula into a world-class industrial park seems to be rapidly eroding as yet another project is called into question.
THERE has been a marked increase in local activity in the Voice over Internet Protocol market as VoIP business models emerge in the US, Europe and Japan.
THE intellectual property clauses of the recently negotiated Australia-US Free Trade Agreement are causing concern to some in the ICT and software development industry.
THE push to create a Western Australian-based annual information communications technology showcase has gained momentum with almost half of available space booked at the ambitious Comm-IT WA exhibition and conference.
WITH the Federal Government’s Spam Act now in effect, some Western Australian organisations are considering how they will conduct aspects of their business to make sure they are in line with the new laws.
AS the strong growth in major resource projects continues, the resulting social and economic impacts are providing concern for industry watchers, local communities and stakeholders.
LISTED satellite and computer technology firm Comdek is looking to capitalise on the corporate data reticulation market through strategic acquisitions and by growing its satellite business.
AT the height of the construction phase of BHP’s DRI project, the town of Port Hedland in the State’s North West swelled to its limits with a transient work force.
SOFTWARE development company Empired Limited seized the opportunity to develop a solution for what it saw as a paradigm shift in recruitment and business technology and processes.
KWINANA Technology Business Incubator has signed an agreement with one of South-East Asia’s highest profile technology centres as part of a plan to establish a regional technology network.
TAKING on the world’s largest multimedia companies has paid off for Nedlands-based company PIVoD Technologies, which has carved a niche by developing industry-specific application
BIOTECHNOLOGY firm Ozgene says its aim is to create a large bio-pharmaceutical operation in Western Australia to rival its global multinational competitors.
AMONG the many groups handing out pamphlets in Perth’s city malls is a group of young people, brightly dressed in red polo shirts, offering free pre-paid mobile phone cards.
