Katie McDonald

The Ear Science Institute of Australia is proffering several initiatives to tackle a condition that costs Australia billions.

A string quartet from the West Australian Symphony Orchestra will exchange its Perth Concert Hall home for a natural stage in the Kalamina Gorge next week for the 2017 Karijini Experience.

Surgeons will now be able to see into disease areas contained deep inside the body, such as brain tumours and breast cancers, thanks to technology developed at UWA. 

From staging performances in his backyard as a young child to working with Perth’s top talent in numerous Black Swan State Theatre Company productions, freelance ‘theatre maker’ and 2017 40under40 winner Adam Mitchell has built a successful career in the arts. 

A netball-based education and community initiative is helping Aboriginal girls to shoot for the stars.

From commandeering car horns around the oval on game day as a child watching her father play for Swan Districts, to kicking the footy with her brothers, AFL national manager of female football Jan Cooper said her passion for the sport had only grown over the years. 

Representatives from some of the world’s most innovative companies will touch down in Perth next week to share their insights into the ‘internet of things’ at Perth’s inaugural eight-day Festival of the Web.  

The founders of local social enterprise Cat Cafe Purrth are hoping to open two more cafes later this year, thanks to the appeal of the business’s cat, coffee and cake combination.

Do men really need a tray to store their phone, wallet and keys? Three local entrepreneurs certainly think so.