Western Australia Archives - InnovationAus.com https://www.innovationaus.com/tag/western-australia/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 08:41:43 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.innovationaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/favicon-new.png Western Australia Archives - InnovationAus.com https://www.innovationaus.com/tag/western-australia/ 32 32 Rehome growth centres to CSIRO: WA chief scientist https://www.innovationaus.com/rehome-growth-centres-to-csiro-wa-chief-scientist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rehome-growth-centres-to-csiro-wa-chief-scientist https://www.innovationaus.com/rehome-growth-centres-to-csiro-wa-chief-scientist/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 08:41:43 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=62330 Australia’s Industry Growth Centres should be given a new lease of life within the CSIRO to uplift practical research outcomes in Australia, according to the longest sitting government chief scientist in Australia. Western Australia’s chief scientist Professor Peter Klinken, who has served in the role for more than a decade, believes the national science agency...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/rehome-growth-centres-to-csiro-wa-chief-scientist/feed/ 0 WA awards $3.6m in commercialisation grants https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-awards-3-6m-in-commercialisation-grants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wa-awards-3-6m-in-commercialisation-grants https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-awards-3-6m-in-commercialisation-grants/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 03:31:26 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61765 The Western Australian government has awarded $3.56 million in funding from two key innovation commercialisation grants programs backed by the state’s New Industries Fund to nearly 50 companies. Companies to share in the funding include those that manufacture seaweed-based alternative to plastic products, patches for RNA therapeutics, and remote patient monitoring devices. WA Innovation minister...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-awards-3-6m-in-commercialisation-grants/feed/ 0 Flagship WA innovation program gets another review https://www.innovationaus.com/flagship-wa-innovation-program-gets-another-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flagship-wa-innovation-program-gets-another-review https://www.innovationaus.com/flagship-wa-innovation-program-gets-another-review/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 03:14:36 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61651 The Western Australian government’s flagship innovation funding program delivered an outsized economic return in its first round, according to two independent reviews, with another review to be finalised in early 2025 as its second round concludes. The review will guide the state government’s decision on whether it will fund an additional round of the program...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/flagship-wa-innovation-program-gets-another-review/feed/ 0 WA’s $8m wind turbine component facility run by AMGC https://www.innovationaus.com/was-8m-wind-turbine-component-facility-run-by-amgc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=was-8m-wind-turbine-component-facility-run-by-amgc https://www.innovationaus.com/was-8m-wind-turbine-component-facility-run-by-amgc/#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:26:54 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61721 The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre will drive the Western Australian government’s $8 million plan to boost wind turbine component manufacturing in the state. Formerly operating as one of the federal Industry Growth Centres, the now independent AMGC will administer a new industry support program aimed at developing local capacity and capability for wind turbine manufacturing...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/was-8m-wind-turbine-component-facility-run-by-amgc/feed/ 0 WA issues call for $22m hydrogen institute https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-issues-call-for-22m-hydrogen-institute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wa-issues-call-for-22m-hydrogen-institute https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-issues-call-for-22m-hydrogen-institute/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 05:09:10 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61634 Applications to design the Western Australian government’s new $22 million hydrogen training and research facility for the Pilbara will close next week, rounding out a two-week tender period. The Clean Energy Training and Research Institute (CETRI) aims to support the establishment of a clean industries workforce in the region and is a part of the...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-issues-call-for-22m-hydrogen-institute/feed/ 0 Long-awaited WA privacy legislation emerges https://www.innovationaus.com/long-awaited-wa-privacy-legislation-emerges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=long-awaited-wa-privacy-legislation-emerges https://www.innovationaus.com/long-awaited-wa-privacy-legislation-emerges/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 08:00:39 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61185 The Western Australian government has introduced long-awaited privacy legislation, promising its first-ever privacy commissioner and a mandatory data breach notification scheme should it pass before the fast-approaching election. The state’s Attorney-General John Quigley introduced the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing (PRIS) Bill on Thursday alongside another bill to establish new deputy commissioner roles for privacy...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/long-awaited-wa-privacy-legislation-emerges/feed/ 0 WA Budget: State teams with feds on $200m critical minerals facility https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-budget-state-teams-with-feds-on-200m-critical-minerals-facility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wa-budget-state-teams-with-feds-on-200m-critical-minerals-facility https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-budget-state-teams-with-feds-on-200m-critical-minerals-facility/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 12:26:56 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=61067 A $200 million critical minerals shared processing facility will be bankrolled by the Western Australian and federal governments in an effort to move Australian operations further across a growing value chain for industries like battery production. The common user facility project will be led by the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA), Thursday’s state...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-budget-state-teams-with-feds-on-200m-critical-minerals-facility/feed/ 0 ‘Insular’ WA innovation prompts calls for a chief entrepreneur https://www.innovationaus.com/insular-wa-innovation-prompts-calls-for-a-chief-entrepreneur/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=insular-wa-innovation-prompts-calls-for-a-chief-entrepreneur https://www.innovationaus.com/insular-wa-innovation-prompts-calls-for-a-chief-entrepreneur/#respond Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:25:01 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=60680 Western Australia needs a chief entrepreneur to promote its innovation locally and outside the state, opening up the current “insular” ecosystem, stakeholders have told a state government inquiry. StartupWA’s chief executive Jason Balchand called for the role to be established at a hearing for the Public Administration Committee’s ‘Inquiry into innovation in Western Australia’ earlier...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/insular-wa-innovation-prompts-calls-for-a-chief-entrepreneur/feed/ 0 WA unveils draft digital acceleration strategy https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-unveils-draft-digital-acceleration-strategy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wa-unveils-draft-digital-acceleration-strategy https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-unveils-draft-digital-acceleration-strategy/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:04:40 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=60690 The Western Australian government wants to raise the state’s digital readiness index score, one of several measurable goals outlined in a draft of its WA: Digitally Evolved – Digital Industries Acceleration Strategy. The draft, released on Monday, does not reveal any new government initiatives which are to be developed through a consultation process that was...

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]]> https://www.innovationaus.com/wa-unveils-draft-digital-acceleration-strategy/feed/ 0 Global startup accelerator makes Perth its Australian home https://www.innovationaus.com/global-startup-accelerator-makes-perth-its-australian-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-startup-accelerator-makes-perth-its-australian-home https://www.innovationaus.com/global-startup-accelerator-makes-perth-its-australian-home/#respond Thu, 11 Apr 2024 02:58:28 +0000 https://www.innovationaus.com/?p=60628 Founders Factory, a UK-based startup accelerator with global reach, will set up an Australian presence in Perth to offer a “springboard” to early-stage startups tackling decarbonisation challenges. The Founders Factory Nature & Biodiversity Tech Accelerator will receive $7.2 million from the Western Australia government over the next three years, WA Premier Roger Cook announced on...

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