| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.11.2024 | Safewill: Revolutionizing Estate Planning in Australia | In a world where change is the only constant, Safewill is stepping up to modernize estate planning in Australia. The company recently secured AUD $17 million in Series B funding, a significant boost to its mission of making estate planning ... |
| 28.11.2024 | What ACT Government Employees Should Know About the 2024 Tesla Model Y and EV Rebates | Share
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Electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer just the future—they’re the present. With sustainable transportation becoming a priority, many Australians, including ACT government employees, are exploring E... |
| 18.09.2024 | Western Australia launches EOI for major transmission projects to unlock renewable energy | - |
| 18.09.2024 | Microsoft launches AI Academy for Australasian organisations | Microsoft has announced the broad availability of its AI Academy in Australia and New Zealand, aiming to help organisations enhance their AI capabilities and accelerate AI adoption across the workforce. The program supports both technical p... |
| 02.09.2024 | Shark Shield innovator Ocean Guardian collapses into liquidation | A surfer carries a surfboard featuring Ocean Guardian Shark Shield technology. Source: Facebook/Ocean Guardian . article-article-body
Ocean Guardian, the Australian company behind the popular shark-repelling technology Shark Shield, has col... |
| 05.07.2024 | Bollywood Icon Amitabh Bachchan's Property Empire Expands with Luxurious Borivali Apartments | In a move that has set tongues wagging in the real estate world, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has recently acquired two premium apartments in the bustling suburb of Borivali, Mumbai. This purchase comes hot on the heels of his son A... |
| 02.07.2024 | CoreLogic: House prices in Australia rise by 0.7%
Vedanta Aluminium wins accolades for environment and energy excellence
IREDA loan surges to Rs 91.36 billion in April-June
India, Australia to Enhance... | Real Estate CoreLogic: House prices in Australia rise by 0.7%
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CoreLogic reported that Australian home prices had risen in June for the seventeenth consecutive month, driven by tight supply, which outweighed de... |
| 21.05.2024 | Victoria to bring in tougher laws to stop abuse of retail staff | Source: AAP Image/Jane Dempster article-article-body
Victoria has become the latest state to commit to tougher penalties for customers who assault or abuse retail staff, with the state government on Saturday revealing it will introduce legi... |
| 13.04.2024 | $9.28 M to be invested in technology startups by Rio Tinto and Founders Factory | Australian miner Rio Tinto is investing AUD 14.4 million ($9.28 million) in technology startups in partnership with global venture studio and start-up investor Founders Factory.
In a statement, Rio Tinto stated that the company’s goals are ... |
| 22.03.2024 | Businesses that don’t meet gender targets may soon be ineligible for government contracts | Source: Adobe Stock. article-article-body
The Australian government wants to make sure its contracts – worth almost $75 billion annually – don’t just deliver taxpayers value for money, but also promote gender equity.
Under proposed procurem... |
| 20.03.2024 | Here's how much money Houstonians need in case of emergency | With nearly 40 percent of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, many Texans are scrambling to afford their basic needs. A new study on how much money you need in your emergency fund should be a wake-up call.
The report, from personal finan... |
| 05.03.2024 | Digital Twins Are the Next Wave of Innovation, and Australia Needs to Move Quickly | Digital twins are a simple enough concept: They are the digital representation of any real product, system or process, and they’re used for simulation, monitoring and integration.
While the concept is simple, the value of the technology in ... |
| 24.11.2023 | Portable PPB strikes gold at Innovator of the Year | Portable PPB's MD and co-founder Simon Bolster thanking his team and supporters, on winning the overall Innovator of the Year 2023. Photo - JTSI.
A high-tech portable gold detector has caught the judges’ eye at this year’s prestigious WA In... |
| 23.11.2023 | New $200K grants program to help innovators scale up | The WA Government is providing a new 50:50 matching grant (of up to $200K) to help local innovators scale up their business.
The Commercialisation Bridge Grant (CBG) is designed to help established WA startups “bridge the funding gap” betwe... |
| 28.09.2023 | $3M to boost local capability | In what has been heralded as an “exciting development for Western Australia’s entrepreneurial community”, the State Government has unveiled a funding initiative aimed at fortifying local small to medium-sized businesses. With over $3 millio... |
| 12.09.2023 | Scientists of the Year announced | Minister Dawson (left) with all the Premier's Science of the Year winners 2023. Photo - JTSI
At a sparkly gala awards dinner last night at the Ritz-Carlton, world-renowned botanist Professor Kadambot Siddique from UWA was awarded Western Au... |
| 25.08.2023 | Innovation ecosystem support X-TENDed | X-TEND is now open all year round. Image - JTSI
Businesses and organisations can now apply for X-TEND WA funding at any time during the year.
A popular co-investment grants program, X-TEND WA invests (up to a maximum of $100,000 per program... |
| 28.07.2023 | 26 finalists announced for Premier’s Science Awards | Dean Debbie Silvester FRACI FRSC is a British-Australian chemist who is a professor at Curtin University. Photo - supplied
A physicist developing communications technology for spacecraft, and a researcher specialising in youth mental health... |
| 07.07.2023 | Sports Tech program to be offered in WA for first time | In May, we asked ‘is sports tech the new frontier?‘
As if to answer, the Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN) announced a new partnership with the WA Government this week to accelerate the development of Western Australia’s sports ... |
| 28.06.2023 | $1.5M in Innovation Booster Grants handed out | Innovation Booster Grant winners with Minister Dawson: WaveFlyer, Eikonic and Wevolt.
A record-breaking number of applications were received and awarded for the Innovation Booster Grant this year with 43 successful recipients chosen from ac... |
| 26.06.2023 | Horizon Power re-architects for cloud transition | Horizon Power re-architected over half of its environment during a migration of workloads out of its data centres and into a private cloud.
Senior Manager Technology Jeff Campbell told the iTnews Podcast the cloud migration was driven partl... |
| 25.06.2023 | Free Global Entrepreneurship Congress passes up for grabs | Hosted in a different rising entrepreneurial city each year since 2009, the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) bills itself as a four-day global conference of “actionable intelligence, collaboration and collective action”.
Coming to Aus... |
| 15.06.2023 | New IP Policy to encourage public sector innovation | The activities of government agencies can sometimes generate valuable intellectual property (IP) with potential to deliver economic, social and environmental benefits to the community.
What happens to this IP, who owns it, how it can be com... |
| 03.05.2023 | Hunt Begins for WA’s Next Innovator of the Year | This morning, I had the pleasure of attending the launch event for the 2023 WA Innovator of the Year awards at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre’s Riverview Room. Tim McMillan, a seasoned MC, effortlessly guided the proceedings wit... |
| 03.04.2023 | It’s Awards Season again! | April may be a month of public holidays (Easter and ANZAC Day), but it’s also the month to get your awards applications in, with two annual awards programs closing over the next few weeks, plus three more during May and June.
Yes, we know y... |
| 23.03.2023 | 2023 Premier’s Science Awards open for applications | The Premier's Science Awards will recognise WA's brightest scientific minds for the 22nd year running. Image - Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
Western Australia’s brightest scientific minds and innovators are set to be ... |
| 16.03.2023 | London calling! | London Tech Week will be held in June. Image supplied.
The Western Australian Government, through Invest and Trade WA, will support up to 10 technology startups to join a trade mission to the UK for London Tech Week 2023, from 12 to 16 June... |
| 21.02.2023 | WA Gov throws support behind three new VC funds in WA | Each of the VC's will recieve $100,000 annually for the next three years. Image - LinkedIn and Canva.
In what looks like a major step forward for the startup sector in WA, three new WA-based early stage venture funds have been, or are being... |
| 15.02.2023 | Innovation Booster Grant doubles to $40K | Image - JTSI
Startups and small businesses are now invited to apply for the Innovation Booster Grant (IBG).
First launched in 2011 and funded by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI) via the New Industries Fund, the... |
| 24.01.2023 | WA to create cyber security hazard plan | The Western Australian government is proposing to create a formal emergency response plan for dealing with cyber security incidents.
The intention was unveiled yesterday by the emergency services and innovation and the digital economy minis... |
| 07.12.2022 | New WA innovation strategy launched | Minister Stephen Dawson launching the new Innovation Strategy at West Tech Fest conference. Image - Startup News.
The state government has outlined its 10-year vision for WA to become a “global hub of invention, investment, innovation and i... |
| 13.10.2022 | WA Gov WAVES its support for more early stage VC | The state government has announced a new 3-year pilot program to help bolster venture capital funding for local startups.
Called ‘WA Venture Support’ (WAVES), the $900,000 initiative has been designed to encourage new early-stage venture fu... |
| 22.09.2022 | WTF passes sell out! WTF goes on tour | With only 72 days to West Tech Fest, the first ever ‘Festival Passes‘ went on sale on Monday, completely selling out in less than 24 hours.
As WTF organisers said, this was “an impressive demonstration of commitment from our community.” For... |
| 13.06.2022 | Grants of up to $50,000 available to help WA small businesses win government contracts | WA minister for state development, jobs and trade Roger Cook encourages local businesses to apply. Source: AAP/Richard Wainwright.
Three new rounds of the $2 million Local Capability Fund (LCF) have been announced by the WA state government... |
| 26.05.2022 | WA gov creates cyber security uplift team | The WA government has stood up a strike team to help departments and agencies to uplift their cyber security posture after mandating the Essential Eight cyber security controls last year.
The uplift team, which sits within the Office of Dig... |
| 05.05.2022 | 2022 WA Innovator of the Year now open | The panel at the launch event held on Tuesday this week, up at Fraser's. 📸: Alana Blowfield
The search has begun for the 2022 Western Australian Innovator of the Year (WAIOTY), with an event held on Tuesday at Fraser’s Restaurant to commemo... |
| 29.04.2022 | Mask on, Mask off! | The joy of ripping off that mask...
They’ve served their purpose. They and we have all done a great job. WA is approaching 80% triple vaxxed, one of the most vaccinated places on the planet. The curve has been flattened, and experts suggest... |
| 31.03.2022 | It’s awards season! | It's awards season, with 3 programs open now for applications.
Do you have a great idea for a new technology, product, or service? Curtinnovation Awards
The Curtinnovation Awards encourage entrepreneurs, innovators, and researchers to pursu... |
| 12.03.2022 | $20,000 Innovation Booster Grants now open | Applications are now open for the program. Image - New Industries Fund/Canva.
An ongoing state government program providing grants to startups and small businesses to commercialise their ideas has opened for this year.
The Innovation Booste... |
| 21.02.2022 | Daily News Wrap-Up: Enel to Set Up a 1 GW Solar Tracker Manufacturing Facility in Italy | Harsh Shukla
Harsh Shukla is a staff reporter at Mercom India. Previously with Indian Express, he has covered general interest stories. He holds a Masters Degree in Journalism from Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune.
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| 25.01.2022 | TNG : Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report | SMS group are assisting Clough and TNG and finalising confirmatory testwork for the TIVAN® process under the revised layout.
Further progress achieved with a range of project financing workstreams for the Project, including commercial debt ... |
| 20.12.2021 | WA gov reveals $277m in digital capability fund spending | The WA government has handed out more than half of its $500 million digital capability fund in the mid-year budget update, with new investment flowing towards legacy IT system upgrades and new cyber security capabilities.
Almost $277 millio... |
| 03.12.2021 | $2.4M to support data science and cyber security | Funded through the New Industries Fund, this allocates funds to the expanding fields of cybersecurity and data science. Source: Unsplash.
The WA Government has committed $2.4 million to the Western Australian AustCyber Innovation Hub and th... |
| 09.11.2021 | Investor and entrepreneur education grants available | The third round of the WA state government’s X-TEND WA grant program is now open, with applications due in by 11am on Weds, 1 December.
Grants of up to $100K are on offer, with a total amount of $500K available for this round.
Established i... |
| 05.11.2021 | Medtechs shine at WAIOTY | Prof Sue Fletcher AO won the WA Innovator of the Year Award with her Vision Pharma team
Some of WA’s most cutting-edge companies were recognised at the 2021 WA Innovator of the Year awards on Wednesday at a glitzy awards night up at Fraser’... |
| 24.09.2021 | Recipients of the 2021 Innovation Vouchers announced | (L to R) Eddie Pahor, Commercial Director, Zipform Packaging, Dr Josephine Muir, CEO Noisy Guts, the Hon. Don Punch MLA and Professor Barry Marshall, Nobel Laureate. Image Supplied.
The Innovation Vouchers Program is an initiative of the WA... |
| 26.08.2021 | The 20th Premier’s Science Awards Winners | 20th Premier Science Awards. Image - WA Government
In conjunction with the National Science Week in Australia, the 2021 winners of the West Australian Premier’s Science Awards were announced at the awards ceremony on Monday 16 August 2021, ... |
| 04.05.2021 | Innovators apply now: $20,000 up for grabs | Applications are now open for WA's Innovation Vouchers Program. Image - Canva
Attention local innovators! WA’s Innovation Voucher’s Program (IVP) has just opened applications.
Available to local startups and small to medium enterprises, vou... |
| 15.04.2021 | Multiple programs open for applications | If you missed Plus Eight or the (WAITTA) Incite Awards, or they were not for you, have no fear brave WA startups and innovatory types, there is plenty more to look forward to…
2021 WA Innovator of the Year program launched on Tuesday (Prize... |
| 11.02.2021 | Round three of defence research grants open | Funding from the first two rounds totalled $1.6 million. Image: Scott Graham, Unsplash
Round three applications are now open for Defence Science Centre’s Collaborative Research Grant
Funding for projects between $50,000 to $150,000
Funding ... |
| 22.01.2021 | OncoRes Medical receives $150,000 funding boost from Western Australian Government | Innovation and ICT Minister Dave Kelly today announced the McGowan Government will invest $150,000 in funding from the New Industries Fund into Western Australian-based medical device start-up OncoRes Medical to enhance R&D capability a... |
| 03.12.2020 | StartupWA awarded $160K from New Industries Fund | // Announced at the opening of this week’s West Tech Fest, Innovation Minister Dave Kelly announced $160K in support for WA’s startup advocacy group…
Innovation and ICT Minister Dave Kelly announced at this week’s West Tech Fest that the Mc... |
| 02.12.2020 | WA brokers government-wide deal with AWS | The WA government has entered a whole-of-government agreement with Amazon Web Services to gives agencies better access to public cloud services.
The common use arrangement (CUA) – which leverages the federal government’s agreement with AWS ... |
| 09.11.2020 | Notice - Australian Energy Market Operator in-period funding for Distributed Energy Resources Roadmap activities - Draft findings report | 9 November 2020
Australian Energy Market Operator in- period funding for Distributed Energy Resources Roadmap activities
Publication of draft findings report
The Economic Regulation Authority has published a draft findings report on the Aus... |
| 28.07.2020 | WA govt probes state's digital experience to improve inclusion | The WA government has asked the public to detail their experience accessing technology and online services in the state, including any issue with connectivity, in a bid to improve digital inclusion.
IT Minister Dave Kelly kicked off consult... |
| 23.06.2020 | COVID-19: Does EOFY mean the end of your payroll tax waiver? | The COVID-19 pandemic means this end of financial year is far from usual. But, as well as getting your regular ducks in a row, this June 30 also brings changes to some coronavirus stimulus support measures. Specifically, for many, it means ... |
| 17.03.2020 | Another $17,500 for your business? Western Australia’s coronavirus stimulus explained | WA Premier Mark McGowan.
This article refers to the first WA stimulus package. Additional measure have since been announced and are available here.
The Western Australian government has announced its own $609 million economic stimulus packa... |
| 06.08.2019 | WA offers first glimpse at future data sharing laws | The Western Australian government is finally preparing to introduce overarching privacy and data sharing laws more than ten years after the last failed bid by the former Labor government.
The Department of Premier and Cabinet on Monday kick... |
| 05.02.2018 | WA reveals single government portal | The Western Australian government has unveiled its single whole-of-government digital services portal, in an effort to improve access to online services and information.
Innovation and ICT minister Dave Kelly today launched the redeveloped ... |
| 09.05.2017 | Western Australian security monitoring startup iCentana raises $8 million for further international expansion | Western Australia-based security monitoring startup iCetana has announced the raising of a $8 million funding round led by Perth VC firm Go Capital, which will be used to build out the startup’s ‘iCetana’ detection system and expand worldwi... |
| 17.12.2016 | WA reveals bare-bones alpha of its answer to myGov | The West Australian government has today pressed go on a minimum viable product version of its central government transaction platform, the state's take on Canberra’s notorious myGov.
But it is desperate to avoid the pitfalls of the federal... |
| 13.05.2016 | Western Australian government announces $20 million innovation package in state budget | The Western Australian government has set aside $20 million for an innovation package in its state budget, delivered by Treasurer Mike Nahan yesterday.
Nahan called the budget a “budget for the times” as he revealed that the state’s deficit... |
| 29.04.2016 | Western Australian wearables company raises more than $600,000: What the founders learnt about crowdfunding | Shortly after listing on the ASX, wearables company Nuheara launched a crowdfunding campaign to help fund the roll out of its intelligent wireless ear buds.
In just over an hour Nuheara, a startup co-located in Perth and San Francisco, reac... |
| - | More countries reopen to travelers, signaling a big shift in pandemic thinking | Another day — another border reopens.
In the past two weeks, a slew of countries announced plans to reopen or relax border restrictions. These include places that have maintained some of the strictest pandemic-related border controls in the... |
| - | WA Police to deploy Starlink | The Western Australian Police Force will spend $8.5 million on Starlink equipment and internet services for 550 vehicles and 129 regional police stations.
The project was unveiled after a successful three-month technology trial by officers ... |
| - | WA Education software rollout starts soon | Western Australia’s Department of Education is finally rolling out its $189 million “Kaartdijin” software upgrade.
Tenders for the cloud-based Kaartdijin, which handles schools’ budgeting, asset management, student health and safety, timeta... |
| - | WA agencies made to check AI and automated decision tools' risks | Western Australian agencies are assessing all their existing and planned automated decision-making and artificial intelligence projects under a mandatory risk regime that covers a broad range of technologies.
Minister for Innovation and the... |
| - | WA backs digital twin with $140 million | Western Australia is moving on a long-standing plan to create a digital twin of the state, announcing a $140 million development package for a 10-year project.
The decision comes nearly 18 months after Landgate said, in its 2021-2022 annual... |
