Western Australia has topped the national list of highest average fees for outside-school childcare sessions, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has found.
Most of Australia’s universities have moved substantially higher on a major global ranking, with three into the top 20 but one dropping down the list after a change in criteria.
Curtin University has highlighted cultural misalignment between Western Australia’s four public universities in its opposition of a mooted higher education merger in the state.
Christ Church Grammar School has cleared a planning hurdle in its bid to consolidate its playing fields after a development assessment panel green-lit a $20 million plan.
The costs of school and medical services in Perth have almost tripled over the past 20 years, as analysis by Business News reveals where households have been hit hardest by inflation.
Murdoch University will lend research expertise from its Harry Butler Institute to a local outfit seeking to commercialise a form of biofuel created from microalgae.