Technology, Innovation & Science

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is seeking to buy what will be the first flight simulator of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, as part of plans to develop a state-of-the-art training centre in Western Australia.

Gleneagle Gold will make a second attempt at a reverse takeover with plans to buy a local unlisted medical cannabis company in a deal worth about $8 million.

This year's Business News Rising Stars award winner, Seqta, has concluded a capital raising with support from a number of high-profile investors, including Mineral Resources chief executive Chris Ellison and chairman Peter Wade, Revel Systems investor Sean Tomlinson and Navitas co-founder Peter Larsen.

The announcement of a $1.1 billion ‘ideas boom’ innovation package yesterday was well timed for Western Australia’s startup sector, representatives from which had gathered at the Perth Town Hall for the annual West Tech conference and OzAPP Awards.

Parmelia Resources has announced plans for a reverse takeover of a NSW-based software company, while one of the first local companies to complete a backdoor listing has flagged a new acquisition.

Sydney-based mobile app Swift has won this year’s OzAPP Awards for its logistics dispatch service, which can be used to easily route deliveries and reduce transport costs.

A chance discovery many researchers may have dismissed as an error has brought about a series of surprising and rewarding events for University of Western Australia PhD student Callum Ormonde.

Tax breaks for risk-taking businesses and a boost in science spending lie at the heart of a four-year $1.1 billion innovation package designed to drive an "ideas boom" in Australia.

Working with BGC Development, oneVR has successfully developed a ‘virtual property tour’ mobile application

Perth-based technology company Peppermint Innovation is planning to take its mobile payments technology across South-East Asia after listing on the ASX through a reverse takeover of Chrysalis Resources completed today.

Five finalists have been announced for the 2015 OzApp awards program run by Curtin University, including Perth company Simply Wall St, with the winner to be unveiled next week.

As part of a backdoor listing with Falcon Minerals, prominent technology investor Anthony Grist has paid $US1.5 million to become a major shareholder in a US-based company that has experienced rapid growth selling 3D printers.

Recently-listed IT company Cirrus Networks has bought Amcom L7 Solutions for a knock-down price of $500,000, four years after current Cirrus directors Andrew Milner and Matthew Sullivan sold the business for $15 million.

Perth technology company Hazer Group wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX, after completing a $5 million initial public offering.

A former gold mining company led by Peter Gunzburg has announced plans for a reverse takeover and backdoor listing of a Swiss biotech firm.

Decmil Group has continued to diversify its business from the struggling resources sector by acquiring Osborne Park-based telecommunications solutions provider SC Services.

A Perth-based company that hopes to join the growing medical marijuana market in the US plans to list on the ASX next year.

Former iiNet chief executive David Buckingham has joined the executive team of education provider Navitas as chief financial officer.

A local geologist and company director is launching a website for trading excess mining equipment, joining similar operations aiming to establish a secondary market for the industry.

Tuggle is a website that allows shoppers to search online and offline shops in one place.

Telstra chief executive Andy Penn says the days where companies do all of their innovation, research and development internally are over, while new creative and more nimble startups are proving that the scale of a business is no longer a competitive advantage.

A technology company led by former Alinta Energy boss Bob Browning is seeking an ASX listing through a reverse takeover of Perth-based Cove Resources.

Shares in Perth-based Odin Energy have skyrocketed on news it plans to exit the resources industry by acquiring a tech company and re-list through the backdoor.

IT services provider Empired has grown its energy sector portfolio with the award of a $10 million contract by regional utility Horizon Power.

Recently-listed IT company Cirrus Networks has won a contract to provide its services to aged care provider Bethanie for an undisclosed sum.

A hotel and a laboratory in Perth have been recognised as two of the best places to work in Australia, while two Western Australian workers have also been honoured for excelling during their training.

Smart-ticketing company Vix Technology has strengthened its push into the resources sector by acquiring specialist Australian software company Osmotion for an undisclosed sum.

Covocate provides algorithm-based candidate screening services for companies seeking to hire new staff.

Perth company Bone Medical has cancelled plans to acquire geospatial data intelligence firm Takor Group in a $3.5 million reverse takeover.

The state government has opened expressions of interest to amalgamate the state’s data storage needs in the hope it will drastically reduce capital costs, Finance Minister Bill Marmion will announce today.

Perth-based Fastbrick Robotics has wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX after completing a $5.75 million capital raising.

Perth tech companies Norwood Systems and rent.com.au have completed capital raisings worth a combined $9.3 million, with Norwood planning to raise a further $1.5 million to fund further marketing of its products.