Special Report: Innovation

With the realisation that Western Australia's current resources boom will eventually come to an end, the state government has placed considerable emphasis on developing WA as a hub for innovation and industrial development.

Concerns over the depletion of fossil fuels, climate change and air pollution have led to a heightened interest in renewable energy projects in Western Australia.

Business may not think investigating the eyesight of a parrot has much to offer them. But for Western Australia's new chief scientist, Lyn Beazley, there are very real applications for industry.

Winning Western Australian Inventor of the Year appears to be paying dividends for Live Technologies Ltd.

Despite the high wealth levels currently being generated across a range of industries in Western Australia, many technology start-up firms are shutting up shop and looking elsewhere to secure funding.