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.
Perth-based barramundi producer Australis Aquaculture has started stocking its Vietnam production operations with 230,000 barramundi fingerlings, just weeks after securing approvals to operate in the region.
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.
A $5 million grant from the AusIndustry Commercial Ready program will fuel what Perth-based mining software provider Micromine says will be the largest mining software project ever undertaken.
Organisations willing to tackle disadvantage and display their social conscience will reap positive long-term benefits across many layers of their operations, according to Workability's Keith Bales.
The Perth, Melbourne and Sydney practices of PPB will merge with the Brisbane and Sydney practices of SimsPartners on July 1 to form the new accounting firm, the PPB Group.
Western Australia is renowned as one of the world's great mining provinces, but less well known is the emergence of Perth as a global centre for mining services.
Young workers in today's mining services and resources industry are indolent and arrogant, according to some participants at the WA Business News mining services forum.
When the resources boom hit its straps four or five years ago, many profitable mining services and mining technology organisations emerged in Western Australia with a renewed focus.
The state's resources boom has created a platform to launch many local specialist software companies into the international marketplace, creating a wealth of opportunities and demand for mining services technology.
"We've had no vision since Charlie Court ruled here."
That was the message one representative of Perth's mining and resources sector gave to WA Business News' recent mining services and mining technology forum.
The Western Australian Department of Education and Training has been recognised as a global leader in the information communications technology industry.
A commitment this week by Perth-based superannuation fund Westscheme to invest $30 million over five years to commercialise research from universities has been applauded by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.
Specialist treasury systems provider CCK Financial Solutions Ltd, headquartered in Perth, has signed up two major banks in the Philippines to subscribe to its Guava Suite treasury management system.
Western Australia is set to become a world leader in hearing loss research with the construction of a $16 million flagship audiology facility on Salvado Road in Subiaco.
