Lea Cairns says Western Australian schools need to implement playful ways for children to engage in technological learning, as students confront a job market increasingly in demand for graduates with STEM knowledge and skills.
OPINION: The start of each new school year brings with it the perennial challenge even the most seasoned school leader must face: how to provide quality professional development for an increasingly diverse group of teachers.
Indian state-owned corporation NMDC recently lifted its stake in local mining hopeful Legacy Iron Ore to more than 90 per cent in a deal that minor shareholders say dramatically diluted their equity, with regulators powerless to take action.
Technology company Track’em has secured a 12-month contract with Downer, which will use its cloud-based software for operations on an LNG asset in Western Australia.
The official launch of Fringe World Festival on Thursday night was interrupted by local artists protesting the festival’s partnership with Woodside Petroleum.
Nine WA-linked resources businesses are ranked among the country’s top 20 corporate taxpayers, despite a widespread perception the industry does not pay its way.
In just five years, more than 500 people have been killed and 2,700 seriously injured on WA's regional roads — a devastating reality for our regional communities and the equivalent of losing the en
AUSTRALIA’S master of interpreting census and other data, Bernard Salt, last year wrote that, in relative terms, Indigenous business is booming, growing at an average rate of around 600 new busines
Filmmakers Lauren Elliott and Brooke Silcox followed similar, but unconventional, paths to establishing their own production companies, Galactic Baby and No Thing Productions.
School leaders usually agree to disagree on many thorny education issues but are united in their view that schools must be places where children and young adults can learn and develop without fear of discrimination and harassment.
Global mining-tech company Imdex has exercised its option to acquire New Zealand-based Flexidrill, after gaining the option early last year, for a further payment of $NZ3 million cash.
Five Western Australian women have been appointed to senior board positions, including Marion Fulker joining the Infrastructure Australia board and Samantha Tough chairing Horizon Power.
Australia needs to consider its trading relationship with China in light of alleged human rights violations against tens of thousands of the Uyghur ethnic minority, community representative Rushan Abbas said at a media briefing organised by the US consulate.
Plans have been lodged to build a $100 million hotel, motel and apartments development on the beachfront in Jurien Bay, with a local private developer seeking to establish new levels of amenity for tourists visiting the Coral Coast.
Providing medical assistance to astronauts in space isn’t any crazier than flying planes around Australia 90 years ago, Royal Flying Doctor Service WA chief executive Rebecca Tomkinson told a Business News Success and Leadership breakfast this morning.
Minority shareholders in aspiring iron ore miner Flinders Mines expressed frustration at today’s AGM over its proposed deal with infrastructure company BBI Group, accusing their board of trying to push through a deal without offering complete details.
Medtech startup VeinTech has won first prize at this year’s Perth Biodesign course, for its invention of a device that improves cannulation, the process for intravenous vein access.
The state government is making a major push for more medium-density housing, but market conditions and community sentiment loom as major hurdles for developers.
A price has been set for processing Scarborough field gas at the Pluto LNG facility, Woodside Petroleum and BHP announced today, the second boost for the $15 billion project in recent weeks.
UPDATED: There is evidence senior WA public servant Paul Whyte stole up to $25 million or 10 times more than he is currently charged with, a court has heard.
Western Australia needs to be more aggressive in attracting foreign investment, Premier Mark McGowan told a Business News breakfast this morning, where he announced a recently established state economic office that is already facilitating dozens of projects.
Kewdale company RCT has pioneered a lot of technology used in the mining industry, and its increased focus on export markets has lifted sales to a record level.
Bassendean-based Hofmann Engineering has credited increased orders from the mining sector and a major contract in the defence sector as the major drivers behind a surge in revenue to a record $149 million in its 50th year in business.
