Tag: Western Australia

WA Budget delivers $2.8bn battery and renewables package

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A $2.8 billion package for energy storage, wind power generation, and transmission network upgrades along Western Australia’s main electricity grid is contained in the state’s 2023-24 Budget. The funding...

Cyber crises to get disaster status in WA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Significant cyber-attacks could soon join fires, floods and tsunamis on the list of recognised disasters in Western Australia, with the state government now working to develop a specific emergency...

WA explores new VC model to support local startups

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
An early-stage venture capital model for Western Australia will be developed by the state government in a bid to identify VC interest and boost funding available to local scale-ups...

WA’s health innovation fund grows by 70%

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australia’s Future Health Research and Innovation Fund will award 70 per cent more money than originally forecast over the forward estimates following the mid-year review. The state’s Investment...

WA to get Privacy Commissioner, data breach notice scheme

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Western Australia will appoint its first-ever Privacy Commissioner and introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme similar to that of New South Wales as part of proposed new public...

WA govt’s ICT portfolio gets digital economy rebrand

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australian Innovation and ICT minister Stephen Dawson has become the state’s first Innovation and Digital Economy minister in a Cabinet reshuffle prompted by the departure of two of...

Research infrastructure is a time machine

Posted on   |  by Elanor Huntington
Wajarri Yamaji Country is a magical place. For tens of thousands of years its people have stood on and cared for Country. I’ve just been there to help break...

Multi-million dollar boost to research infrastructure, Pawsey

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Access to research infrastructure for Australian scientists has improved thanks to a $39.5 million investment from the Australian Research Council and $22.4 million of state government funding for the Pawsey...