A TRILATERAL agreement between The University of Western Australia, China’s Zhejiang University and Japan’s Kobe University will be used to establish education and scientific links between the three i
Liberal Party leader Colin Barnett's commitment to increased education spending was one of the few standouts in the third week of the state election campaign, which has continued to be a lacklustre affair.
Liver cancer treatment company Sirtex Medical Ltd has applied for an injunction against former chairman Bruce Gray to stop him from competing with the firm after he backed down from an earlier commitment.
Indonesian media and culture scholar, Krishna Sen, has been appointed to lead The University of Western Australia’s faculty of arts, humanities and social sciences.
People with sedentary occupations have a greater propensity to become overweight and obese, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The short, sharp election campaign called by Premier Alan Carpenter makes it imperative that the major parties focus on the core issues that will affect Western Australia's long-term future.
The Brand Agency is likely to take over Curtin University of Technology's advertising account, which has been managed by Gatecrasher for the past five years.
More than 1,500 medical and scientific researchers are expected to be working in the Nedlands research precinct following completion of a $360 million investment program.
An initiative that will provide discounted mentoring and training services to Western Australian small business owners is due to be launched by state Education and Training Minister Mark McGowan later this month.
The Passages Resource Centre in Northbridge says guiding marginalised Western Australians out of homelessness means overcoming the cycle of unemployment, health problems and, in many cases, substance abuse.
Wesfarmers has committed $4.5 million for the establishment of a new centre dedicated to boosting the number of cutting-edge medical research discoveries that go from the laboratory bench to a patient's bedside.
Of Western Australia's 32 premiers, only two - Sir John Forrest and Sir Charles Court - are likely to ever get within cooee of challenging Brian Burke in the most-written-about stakes.
Strategic Marine chairman Mark Newbold has won his second major award for the year, joining five others as winners of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year western region 2008 awards.
The state's aged care sector has echoed calls by the Australian Council of Trade Unions for urgent action to avoid a work-care collision as the nation's population ages.
Shipbuilding, fashion design, education and mining are the tools of trade behind this year's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Western Region award winners.
Established in 2000, the Clontarf Foundation uses football in an effort to keep young indigenous boys in education, preparing and helping them to find full employment and a more positive future.
AFTER five years in the role, inaugural state architect Geoffrey London has decided not to renew his contract when it expires at the end of the year, and will instead move to Melbourne to take up the
Curtin University of Technology came forward as one of the best employer brands in this year's WA Business News Branding Survey, featuring along the large corporate firms and perennial performers Wesfarmers, BankWest, Woodside and RAC.
Two advertising campaigns launched at the same time by the same agency have made iiNet and Murdoch University the most improved brands in this years' WA Business News branding survey.
Experienced engineer Bruce Cameron is hoping his commercial skills will help turn around the fortunes of struggling technology company Antaria Ltd, which this month adopted a new name to signify a fresh start and change of focus.
The rapid increase in membership at the not-for-profit WA Sustainable Energy Association is evidence of the growing acceptance by industry of a carbon-restrained future, according to chief executive Ray Wills.
New treatments for flea infestations in sheep and for whooping cough were the winners of competitions run in Perth last week by the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board and Curtin University respectively.
Research and treatment of Alzheimer's disease is due to get a boost on two fronts, with a new charitable foundation to be launched this month and a second foundation commencing a $10 million fund raising campaign.
A Perth sustainability expert believes the potential business opportunities created under an emissions trading scheme (ETS) would outweigh the risk of crippling Australia's economy.
The ability of local IT players to win work against larger multinational competitors will become clearer over the coming weeks, as two major contracts from government departments are set to be awarded.
