Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie discuss what happened when nurses rallied outside parliament today and what federal industrial relations reform means for future disputes.
Two low-key Western Australian business people are set for a windfall outcome if a $1 billion takeover bid for Perth-founded mapping business Nearmap is successful.
The ASX has launched a technology index with 46 constituent companies and while several, such as Nearmap and ResApp Health, have a WA connection, none are based in Perth.
Nearmap shares sunk nearly 30 per cent after the aerial mapping company issued an earnings warning, saying it had lost two major clients in North America as mapping for the driverless car industry stalled.
WAIITA Incite startup of the year Family Zone is Techboard's top trending startup for this fortnight, after launching a $4.5 million IPO and capturing significant mindshare as a result.
A US-founded tech company specialising in counter-drone systems has launched its prospectus for a $5 million initial public offering, with plans to list on the ASX by next month.
Ernest Massawe has resigned as a director of Swala Energy. Mr Massawe has been a non-executive director of the company since its incorporation in early 2013.
SPECIAL REPORT: Newly appointed chief executives in Western Australia are mostly receiving lower salaries than their predecessors, but retaining plenty of upside through incentive schemes, a survey of nearly 40 new CEO pay packages has found.
Tech entrepreneur Rob Newman and company director Ian Olson are leading the latest backdoor listing on the ASX, with their spatial data service Pointerra to join the exchange through a reverse takeover of Soil Sub Technologies.
Former Amcom Telecommunications chairman Anthony Grist has invested in listed tech company Decimal Software, which is seeking extra cashflow while awaiting the receipt of a research and development tax refund.
Spookfish has made a solid debut on its first day of trading on the ASX after a backdoor listing, building on big gains over the past six months as investors were buoyed by the geospatial company's high-profile backers.
Mining and engineering contractors were the biggest losers today when the S&P Dow Jones rebalanced all of its Australian indices, with RCR Tomlinson one of the few to buck the trend.
Perth-based mapping services firm nearmap has bolstered its content offering, signing a commercial licence agreement to incorporate Google Maps into its products.
Osborne Park-based technology firm Stochastic Simulation has launched new software which it claims will enable oil and gas companies to achieve overnight a level of subsurface analysis which would have previously taken years.
Mapping services firm nearmap says its move to a subscription-based content model is proving successful, with the Perth-based company racking up its third consecutive quarter of positive cash-flow.
Ipernica subsidiary Nearmap.com has announced its second significant property-related contract in less than a week, signing an agreement with real estate information services firm Hometrack.
NearMap.com says the efficiency of its sales process to government agencies will improve greatly after the ipernica subsidiary was appointed to an Australian government geospatial supplier panel.
Time is money, but research takes time. It's the paradox facing innovative entrepreneurs across the state attempting to source capital to commercialise their ideas.
MORE than two years after the federal government axed its Commercial Ready program, the innovation sector is still waiting for stability and certainty of government support.
West Perth-based technology group ipernica has decided to not appeal against a German court's dismissal of one of the company's largest intellectual property litigation cases.
West Perth-based IP outfit ipernica says it could generate $50 million a year from government agencies in Australia after subsidiary NearMap licenced its Google Earth-like services to the City of Swan.
