Perth businessman Ken Grogan has some big ideas about Western Australia’s potential to become a global leader in IT infrastructure using a so-called ‘grid computing’ model already proven in Germany.
Higher input costs continue to plague the state’s major projects with the announcement that the proposed development $900 million second Burrup Peninsula ammonia plant has been postponed.
One of former premier Geoff Gallop’s legacies will be his 2002 ‘InnovateWA’ policy, aimed at reversing the decline in the state’s research and development effort.
Innovation is seen as the driver of Western Australia’s long-term growth and prosperity, but questions remain about the best way to achieve outcomes to benefit all players, private and public, in an increasingly competitive environment.
It’s no news in academic ranks that the Cooperative Research Centres funding game is a highly competitive one, requiring lots of old-fashioned lobbying.
Amid strong demand in the higher education sector, Perth-based IBT Education Ltd has grown its relationship with Macquarie University in Sydney via a new college in Sydney’s CBD.
An initiative by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry has simplified the often-difficult task faced by those from developing nations in securing a short-term business visa to Australia.
Diversified non-bank lender Financial Resources Ltd's water management subsidiary Sovereign Hydrology Pty Ltd plans to start a Singapore-based joint venture.
Gold explorer Bullion Minerals Ltd will become a pure uranium play, making the most of a $3 million cash injection from Canadian group Laramide Resources.
It's business as usual at takeover target Tethyan Copper Ltd, which today announced its intention to list its shares on London's Alternative Investment Market.
Perth-based Strike Oil Ltd has raised nearly $4 million in a private placement to shore up gas reserves at a tenement off the Gulf Coast of the United States.
Resolute Mining Ltd has given the green light for a $77 million expansion of its Ravenswood project in Queensland, as it seeks to capture some of the 25-year-high gold price.
Local takeover target Tethyan Copper has doubled the resource estimate at its Pakistani Reko Diq copper-gold joint venture project at a time of record copper prices.
The Cliff Head oil field development off Dongara has suffered a $25 million cost blowout amid increased rates for materials and services in the sector, project operator Roc Oil Ltd has revealed.
Shares in Perth-based wireless telecommunications company Wavenet International Ltd have risen on news that it has received more orders for its vehicular modem device from US-based GeoLogic Solutions worth $3 million.
Changes to accounting standards at Australian companies are being manifested in increased earnings volatility, with several local stocks expecting to post half-year results at odds with earlier forecasts.
