Technology, Innovation & Science

OPINION: While the dollar amounts are small, the recent state budget contained some positive news for startups and the tech sector.

Listed company 1-Page is looking for new ways to spend its $26 million cash balance after selling its US technology business, which lost about $45 million over three years.

The Perth office of Wood & Grieve Engineers has coupled industry design software with the gaming world to create a new virtual reality tool for land developers.

Tertiary education may not have sat comfortably with Justin Miller, but his connections to Curtin University have played an important role in the development of his Sensear and Nuheara businesses.

OPINION: Startups are thinking creatively about funding, with a new cryptocurrency strategy the latest development.

Junior explorer Lithium Australia has announced plans to acquire a Brisbane-based battery cathode developer in an all-scrip deal worth about $7.3 million.

A medical cannabis company focused on animal health has announced plans to list on the ASX, while two other companies - including a pearling business - have made movements in the pharmaceutical space.

Three interconnected waste management businesses in Perth face a sudden change of fortune after Aurigen Group went into voluntary administration, a Thai company bought the Brockwaste plant in Shenton Park, and listed company AnaeCo positioned itself to work on the planned restart of the plant.

OPINION: Political and business leaders need to figure out how to manage the relentless march towards a more automated future, as failure to do so risks enormous social upheaval.