Charlie Bass

SPECIAL REPORT: Former mining boss Charlie Bass and surgeon Peter Santa Maria are among the growing number of people in Western Australia looking to make innovation a commercial reality.

SPECIAL REPORT: Four years after exiting the iron ore sector near the top of the boom, Charlie Bass has teamed up with a pair of experienced company directors for a new mining float.

Three local junior explorers have raised more than $21 million, with Draig Resources and Triton Minerals boosting their coffers while the Charlie Bass-led Eagle Mountain Mining has commenced trading on the ASX after raising $8 million via an initial public offering.

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation in Nedlands recorded two notable achievements last week, winning a state government grant and graduating its second cohort of budding entrepreneurs.

Mining and technology entrepreneur Charlie Bass has flagged six industries, including medicine, agriculture and the arts, that offer Western Australia the opportunity to forge a more sustainable economy.

Special Report: Thousands of square metres of co-working space are set to open in Perth in the next 18 months, and it’s clear smaller businesses are looking for more than just a hot desk.

Following in the footsteps of Stan Perron, some key names in philanthropy have increased their funding distribution, but many charity recipients are struggling to measure the impact of these donations.

Mont Royal Resources has become just the second Western Australian exploration company to list on the ASX this year, with the help of high-profile directors and ‘family office’ investors.

Tim Mason will replace Charlie Bass as the chief executive of Eagle Mountain Mining in January, amid the copper-gold explorer’s share price nearly halving in the space of just over a year.

Eagle Mountain Mining has announced plans to add to its tenements in Arizona, with a proposal to acquire 80 per cent of the Oracle Ridge copper mine.

Giving increased last financial year, but the economic fallout from COVID-19 will affect the potential for generosity into the future.

Di Bain has challenged her opponents to disclose their conflicts after it was revealed her lord mayoral campaign had received more than $100,000 in contributions.

Barriers separating industry, teaching and academic clinical research are impeding development of medtech in WA.

Western Australia’s Eagle Mountain Mining and 92 Energy have each announced capital raisings and will use the proceeds to explore their North American projects.

Big business and trade union support helped fill Labor's coffers in the year to June, with the party's $12.7 million haul outstripping the combined earnings of the coalition parties.

Wesfarmers, Mineral Resources, and Woodside were among the most notable WA-based political donors in the most recent financial year, with contributions of about $680,000 between them.

Family offices are becoming more prominent in the investment space.

Perth startup Lixa is on the path to commercialising medical research from the University of Western Australia after gaining backing from tech hub CERI and raising $2.2 million.

A growing breed of educators wants to equip students with business-like skills.

The commercial side of life sciences may have reached a critical mass in WA.