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Going toe to toe with fast fashion

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A break from professional practice put podiatrist Paul Griffin on a pathway to manufacturing sustainable footwear.

Appointments March 28, 2025

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Our weekly appointments wrap includes Narelle Cant, Mark Paganin, Steve McGuire, Ashley Reade, Simon Price, Darren Rodwell and Joe Jeevaraj.

Schools invest in camp land

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Several leading girls' schools are buying tracts of land in the South West with backing from their foundations.

Appointments July 17, 2020

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Our weekly appointments wrap includes Tony Hughes-d'Aeth, Maria Hodges and Aaron Brasher.

Compass Education launches in WA

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Victoria-based edutech company Compass Education has launched operations in WA, following a $60 million capital raise from private equity firm Advent Partners.

Programmed, Coogee back PSO

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Programmed has announced a partnership with Perth Symphony Orchestra (PSO), the first major arts organisation the business has partnered with.

Low rise for WA private school fees

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The cost of year 12 tuition at private schools in Western Australia rose by an average of 1.6 per cent for 2019, the lowest hike in fees among any state in Australia.

Bowen takes board role at BHP

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BHP Billiton has announced the appointment of outgoing Wesfarmers finance director Terry Bowen to its board.

Cleanaway opens new $20m facility

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Cleanaway has opened a $20 million materials recovery facility (MRF) in South Guildford, which it claims is the most advanced recycling plant in the Southern Hemisphere.

Azimi works to plant positive seeds

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40under40: Welcomed to Australia after fleeing his home country, Akram Azimi hopes to pay it forward by working to improve education standards for disadvantaged children.

Clayton Utz board appointment

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Clayton Utz partner and Perth office corporate practice group leader Mark Paganin has been appopinted to the company's national board effective January 1.

Business acumen helps school boards

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Independent schools across the state are benefiting from the experience some of Perth's most prominent business leaders have brought to their boards, providing greater diversity and structure to the decision-making process.

Independent school fees up

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Almost all of Western Australia's independent schools have increased their fees and enrolled slightly more students than last year, according to Business News' Book of Lists research.

The Lighter Note

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Orchestral manoeuvres in the parkWith barely a week left to run, the Western Australian election campaign is reaching its crescendo.

Business leaders go back to school at board level

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THE drama that has enveloped the elite Methodist Ladies College in Melbourne over the past month has done more than put this private institution under an uncomfortable glare of public examination;

$4m indigenous program

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BHP Billiton has stepped up its sustainable development strategy by partnering with east coast-based Australian Indigenous Education Foundation to provide educational scholarships to indigenous hig

Family & football

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Former West Coast Eagles' star David Wirrpanda has harnessed his celebrity profile to help develop a better future for disadvantaged indigenous kids and a powerful legacy that will outlive his sporting triumphs.

Local schools fertile ground for diploma

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AMIDST the recent controversy surrounding a national curriculum and benchmarking for Australian schools, a handful of Perth's schools has introduced an international curriculum program that offers both an alternative pathway to university and an internati

Anything but the band

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Neil Hamilton maintains a low-key approach to his high-pressure role as a company director