WA Labor has proposed a repurposing of the existing WA Future Fund into a new $1.1 billion Future Health Research and Innovation Fund that will collect annual interest, if elected next month.
Medibank Private has lifted half-year profit 1.9 per cent to $231.9 million as higher investment income offset lower returns from its core health insurance business.
WA Labor says it will spend $45.5 million to bring new services to Royal Perth Hospital if it wins the March state election, while the Liberals say they will use about $83 million from the partial sale of Western Power to build three new Tafe facilities.
The state and Commonwealth governments today signed a bilateral agreement for a nationally consistent, locally delivered National Disability Insurance Scheme, set to be delivered from July.
Six months after ending a short stint as the head of thermal energy company Enerji, former Perth Wildcats owner Andrew Vlahov has been named chief executive of sporting-focused online education provider iCollege.
Navitas chief executive Rod Jones says he has been impressed by the company’s ability to retain earnings despite the closure of two university joint ventures in Australia, with the education provider growing net profit and maintaining guidance for the 2017 financial year.
The state government has awarded an $11.5 million contract to Universal Constructions for development of the replacement Doubleview Primary School, while other local builders have shared in $26.7 million worth of work.
Education is at the centre of the state opposition's election promises for the second consecutive day, with Labor promising to spend $50 million upgrading a high school in the Liberal-held seat of Balcatta.
The head contractor building the new Perth Children’s Hospital dropped a bombshell this morning, with the project’s manager saying the company is not responsible for the lead-contaminated water, and that water being delivered to the site already contains the harmful metal.
Hall & Prior Health and Aged Care Group has today announced plans to proceed with a $67 million aged care facility in High Wycombe, due for completion in the second half of 2019.
Education services provider Navitas has secured its eighth partner in North America following today’s announcement that it has signed an agreement with the University of Idaho.
Local not-for-profit group Ausum Initiatives has teamed up with Kulbardi, a partly owned and managed Aboriginal office supplies company, to deliver an intensive entrepreneur program for young Aboriginal men and women.
Dawn Freshwater has been named vice-chancellor of the University of Western Australia, filling the role left vacant when Paul Johnson departed the institution last year.
Local disability services provider Kira has appointed not-for-profit executive Vik Jeyakumar to lead the organisation as its new chief executive from February 6.
There are vacant CEO positions at two ASX-listed healthcare businesses, with Peter Gregg resigning from his role at Primary Health Care and Gilman Wong sacked from Sirtex Medical following an investigation into his share trading with the business.
SPECIAL REPORT: More than 5 million jobs in Australia are at risk of digital disruption during the next 20 years, with a range of industries having already exchanged human capital for automated software and machinery.
SPECIAL REPORT: Several high-profile schools have announced plans for restrained fee changes, including some freezes and reductions, in order to stay competitive after several years of weak economic performance in Western Australia.
SPECIAL REPORT: As Australian businesses grapple with a rapidly evolving and increasingly digitised economy, educators are shifting focus to the skills required in an uncertain future.
BGC Construction, EMCO Building and Adco Constructions are among a number of local builders which have received a combined $48.3 million worth of contracts for work on police stations and new public schools.
Treasurer Mike Nahan says most of the 10,000 defects at the new Perth Children’s Hospital revealed in public documents have been fixed, but he’s hesitant to pinpoint when the already delayed facility will finally open its doors.
Brightwater Care Group CEO Jennifer Lawrence joined Business News for lunch at Julio’s to discuss some of the challenges facing the aged care and disability services sectors.
Perth could have a world-class integrated breast cancer treatment and research centre by 2020 if a local not-for-profit group is successful in raising more than $5 million.
The state government has awarded $91.6 million worth of contracts to four building companies for the refurbishment and redevelopment of six health service centres across rural Western Australia.
Staff at Perth's ageing Princess Margaret Hospital are said to be under strain as maintenance work slows and supplies run low in anticipation of the move to the long-delayed new children's hospital.
The Arcadia music festival and its giant scrap metal spider landed at Elizabeth Quay last weekend and lit up Perth’s dance scene, but there is more to the fire-breathing robot than meets the eye.
