Tag: Western Australia

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...

New WA scaleup hub targets commercialisation valley of death

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Cook government has carved $2 million out of the state’s $40 million innovation fund to establish a new commercialisation hub connecting research, industry, and government for the next...

WA seeks global partners for defence manufacturing hub

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Western Australia’s government has called for Australian and international companies to help establish a large-scale defence manufacturing hub on the west coast as it pushes ahead with plans to...

$2.5 million startup acceleration in WA

Posted on   |  by Staff Writers
More than a dozen organisations supporting startups and innovation skill development in Western Australia have shared in in $2.5 million in state funding. The largest competitive grants of up...

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 arms up defence strategy with new statutory body

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Western Australia’s Cook government will introduce legislation to create a new statutory body, evolving Defence West into an independent agency tasked with accelerating growth in the state’s defence industry....