Tag: WA government

WA taps Space Angel to scope out first spaceport

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Scoping work for Western Australia’s first dual-corridor spaceport will get under way after Perth-based company Space Angel landed a $1.75 million state government grant. The state government went looking...

WA sets sights on becoming Australia’s next spaceport hub

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Western Australia is making a push to become the country’s next spaceport hub, with the state government opening applications for a $1.75 million grants program to lure commercial operators....

Western Australia to develop biofuels strategy

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The Western Australian government will spend $1.2 million developing an advanced biofuels strategy aimed at building a local biofuels industry and cutting emissions. The state expects the strategy to...

WA health and medical research fund sets a new direction

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The WA government has refocused its flagship health and medical research fund to deliver “intentional impact” on areas that are unique to Western Australia or where it believes the...

Pillar II pile on: Stakeholders warn on rudderless AUKUS tech

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Western Australian government and UK tech and business groups are among critics of AUKUS’s advanced technology program, warning ‘Pillar II’ is still missing funding, structure and direction four...

Innovation dropped from WA public service

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Innovation and science have been excised from the Western Australia public service, with the government dropping the words from the title of a key department as part of a...

Legacy tech reaches ‘scary’ levels as govts look away

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A “scary” level of legacy tech debt is building in governments across the country as ministers put off costly upgrades to frontline systems trusted by thousands of public servants....