LOCAL water technology company Optum ES may move its proposed wastewater treatment facility to the eastern seaboard after receiving a lucrative offer from the Queensland Government.
WESTERN Australia is clawing its way back up the Cooperative Research Centre funding ladder with a new CRC centre that was originally to be based in Victoria now moving to this State.
Healthy and fast are two words that don’t often appear in the same sentence when descibing food, but as Julie-anne Sprague reports, that’s not always the case.
A YAWNING chasm between the State’s research sector and its development counterpart appears to be the principal barrier to Western Australia securing a larger share of the national funding allotment.
FUND managers believe universities are too focused on basic research and do not have a strong commercial outlook. For their part the universities say that a failure to back pure research stifles ‘chance’ commercially viable opportunities.
WA does not have an innovation strategy and, according to TechStart Australia venture manager Marcus Christian, WA is the only State in Australia besides Tasmania without a biotechnology strategy.
PERTH-BASED design duo Tanya Sim and Mark Braddock may not be among the big names in Perth’s advertising circles, but that’s just the way they like it. They’d far prefer to make a splash overseas.
TWO of Western Australia’s most influential hospitality men, Stephen Scaffidi and Geoff Hayward, have joined forces and are embarking on two substantial developments – a bar at QV1 and the redevelopment of the Brisbane Hotel.
ONCE considered by those outside the loop as little more than the latest ‘must have’ for mobile phone-attached teens, short message service (SMS) technology has evolved to embrace a vast new world of information.
AN innovative WA product will soon be on the shelves of Wal-Mart and Walgreens following a deal between Lumitex managing director Phil Delich and the US retail giants.
DO-IT-YOURSELF projects aren’t always as DIY as first expected, often requiring the input of a second party. Be it mechanical repairs, renovating a house or updating content on a web site, there’s always someone with a little more know-how.
NEXT week’s Easter long weekend is a great opportunity to fill your belly with the good bunny’s chocolate treats and to spend some quality time with the family.