Applecross-based engineering company, Monadelphous Group Ltd, has announced a record after tax profit of $32.1 million for the half year ended 31 December 2007, up 2 per cent on the previous corresponding period.
Curtin University economics professor, Peter Kenyon, will officially add ‘cooking mentor’ to his CV with the opening of The Cooking Professor’s Cooking Classes School in Mount Lawley this week.
WHILE the WA Business News Innovation forum in the January 17 edition provided some interesting debate, opinions expressed in the article ‘Pathway to commercialisation’ on university research commerci
Professor Stephen Martin (pictured) has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor of strategy and planning at Curtin University of Technology, replacing Professor Greg Craven.
Annual Conference: A decade of building partnerships The Australian Technology Network of Universities is holding an annual conference from January 29 to 31 at Curtin University.
The state government has announced the formation of a new Independent Expert Advisory Group to oversee the first round of funding from the $36.5 million Low Emissions Energy Development Fund.
The Committee for Perth is a not-for-profit group which aims to inject vitality and liveliness into Perth, with a view to making the city a more attractive place to work and live.
A joint venture between the state government and Artsupport Australia is one of two initiatives offering extra philanthropic support for arts organisations in Western Australia.
The Federal Court in Perth has imposed penalties totalling $125,000 on a number of educational services agents for fixing the price of placement services provided to students of Korean origin.
Navitas Ltd has posted a 10 per cent increase in its net profit to $16.5 million for the six months to December 2007, compared to the previous corresponding half year, although the result is almost 4 per cent down on the six months to June 2007.
Medical research could almost be the other boom industry of Western Australia, with more than $300 million in pledges over the past year to this thriving sector.
Curtin University of Technology is preparing to launch its own sustainability research group, after recruiting a number of staff from Murdoch University.
Almost 10 years have passed since the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research was founded with just a handful of staff and some foundation funding.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has pledged $100 million to medical research in Western Australia, stating that it was the first of a planned $1 billion giving campaign.
