Helping WA businesses in international trade
Western Australian companies will have the opportunity to learn more about importing, exporting and trade related activities this month at an International Trade Open Day....Read full article

International success for WA science, innovation, industry and enterprise
A cleaner desalination process, WA success in America and WA Aboriginal art bound for Beijing – curious? ...Read full article

WA builds on India’s construction industry
Western Australian companies are making the most of India’s current building boom by expanding their operations into the country....Read full article

New portal opens up WA's ICT industry
Western Australia’s information and communication technology (ICT) industry has opened up to the world, thanks to a new online one-stop shop. ...Read full article

New WA Agent General appointed
Western Australia welcomes a new Agent General in November this year....Read full article

WA manufacturing expertise reaches record heights
Work has been completed on what is believed to be the biggest single piece of equipment ever designed and manufactured in Western Australia....Read full article

WA education focuses on China
Western Australia is continuing to encourage international students to study in the State, with a recent focus on China....Read full article

The AMC News out now!
The new edition of the official Australian Marine Complex (AMC) publication The AMC News is now available....Read full article

New efficient system for petroleum and geothermal information
Commencing Friday 11 July, the Petroleum and Geothermal Information Management System (WAPIMS) which is coordinated through the Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR) will be moved to a faster server with a new secure address. ...Read full article

Tight gas workshop to explore alternative energy sources
The potential to enhance development of a Western Australian tight gas industry will be examined by government and industry in August....Read full article

New Director General to lead DoIR
The Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR) new Director General, Anne Nolan, has officially started her role at the department this week....Read full article

Trilateral forum strengthens WA’s ties with North-East Asia
Western Australia has played a major role in a new scientific and educational link between Australia, Japan and China....Read full article

Report marks step forward in search for Kimberley hub site
The Northern Development Taskforce’s Interim Report has been released, outlining its progress in identifying a potential liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub site in the Kimberley....Read full article

Boxed up biotech help for WA teachers
Western Australian teachers are being given a helping hand when it comes to educating and exciting students about DNA, gene technology, stem cells, cloning and other aspects of biotechnology....Read full article

Universal game brings WA closer to East Java
Western Australia will play a key role in one of the biggest Australian sports events to be held in Indonesia this week....Read full article

Amendments to Offshore Petroleum Act
As of 1 July 2008, sections three to five of the Commonwealth Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 will come into effect and the Petroleum Submerged Lands Act 1967 will be repealed....Read full article

$140,000 in science scholarships open to WA students
Western Australian university students can now apply for the chance to receive a $7000 scholarship to help further their career in science under the 2008 Science and Innovation Studentship Awards (SISA)....Read full article

WA students win international recognition
Premier Alan Carpenter today announced two young Western Australian students won prizes at the worId’s most prestigious biotechnology competition in San Diego last week....Read full article

Varanus Island Gas Incident
Varanus Island Gas Incident Updates...Read full article

Pilbara team searches for dawn of life
A team of 31 international researchers are currently exploring Western Australia’s Pilbara region for signs of the earliest life on earth....Read full article

New edition of Prospect magazine released
The June - August edition of Western Australia’s international resources development magazine Prospect is now available. ...Read full article

WA cruises to big wins
Western Australian companies at the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) are proving they are at the forefront of the nation’s boating industry after winning at the Australian Marine Awards and Australian Superyacht Awards. ...Read full article

WA forges economic partnership with Tomsk
The Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR) is pursuing exciting collaboration opportunities with the Tomsk Oblast region of Russia that will have a long-term impact on Western Australia’s economic development....Read full article

Nominations for Australia’s richest science award open
Western Australia’s prestigious science awards just got bigger, offering $400,000 in prize money, making the Premier’s Science Awards the richest in Australia. ...Read full article

Opportunity for WA innovators
This is the last chance for West Australian inventors and innovators to submit their nominations for one of Australia’s richest innovation competitions, the WA Inventor of the Year Award for 2008. ...Read full article

Art displays new side to WA-China relationship
The State Government has helped two Western Australian artists showcase their artwork to an international audience at the opening of the Shanghai Miao Gallery in Nanjing Dong Lu this month....Read full article

$US2.1b nickel mine set to boost regional WA
A mine that will employ 650 workers and produce up to 50,000 tonnes of nickel and 1400 tonnes of cobalt per annum over its 25-year life span has opened in Western Australia’s south-east. ...Read full article

WA geothermal powers ahead
A new chapter for Western Australian energy has begun with 64 valid bids submitted to the Department of Industry and Resources for the State’s first release of acreage for geothermal exploration. ...Read full article

WA’s best biotechnology students US-bound
Two Perth students will take their groundbreaking research to San Diego next month to compete with America’s best biotechnology students at the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge....Read full article

New boat service gives owners luxury of time
Western Australians who own boats but don’t have time to maintain them will benefit from a new facility at the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) in Henderson....Read full article

WA welcomes $70m manufacturing project
A grand opening to represent the first step in building a $70 million conveyer belt manufacturing plant in Western Australia has been held this month....Read full article

Perth sails into new markets
The rich and famous could soon be calling on Western Australia for their luxury boats....Read full article

Release of petroleum exploration acreage
Oil and gas explorers now have the opportunity to bid for offshore petroleum acreage releases in Commonwealth waters....Read full article

AMC welcomes $35m submarine facility
A new $35 million purpose-built submarine maintenance facility at the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) will bring in millions of dollars to the State over the next 25 years. ...Read full article

WA company wins multi-million-dollar local contract
Western Australian manufacturers have received a boost this week with a Rockingham-based company successfully securing a multi-million-dollar contract with Fremantle Ports....Read full article

WA science, technology and innovation news
The current edition of State of the Future, a publication profiling the State’s science, innovation, industry and enterprise sectors, is now available....Read full article

Premier presents East Java gift to Murdoch University
A gift symbolising the Sister-State relationship between Western Australia and East Java has been presented to Murdoch University on a long-term loan basis by the Premier of Western Australia....Read full article

First Chinese built LNG carrier arrives in WA
The first of three gas tankers transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Western Australia’s North West Shelf Venture to a receiving terminal in China, has arrived for its first cargo....Read full article

New project will help save lives in regional WA
A new telecommunications system to improve the crisis co-ordination capacity of Western Australia’s rural and remote health and emergency service organisations was launched in Bunbury today....Read full article

Prestigious business awards open for WA companies
Nominations for the State’s most prestigious business awards, the WA Industry and Export Awards, are now open....Read full article

Do you know a local innovator?
A valuable information session will be held next week to provide advice on nominating in the WA Inventor of the Year Award....Read full article

WA committed to success of revolutionary telescope
The largest gathering of scientists, industry representatives and politicians involved in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project met in Perth last week for the International SKA Forum....Read full article

Perth hosts largest APPEA Conference and Exhibition
Perth played host to the largest Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) Conference and Exhibition in history....Read full article

WA’s resilient resources earn $53 billion
Western Australian mineral and petroleum sales jumped seven per cent in 2007 to be worth an impressive $53.1 billion, according to figures released this month....Read full article

Plans unveiled for Australia’s biggest technology park
The blueprint for Australia’s biggest technology precinct was unveiled last week and will be the only one dedicated to information and communications technology....Read full article

WA companies get investment ready
The Western Australian Government has launched the Investment Ready Program (IRP) which will provide vital advice to help technology-based firms develop to the next stage of growth. ...Read full article

DoIR helps industry clean up their act
DoIR in collaboration with the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies will hold a workshop to help industries improve compliance with exploration tenements....Read full article

Prospect magazine now available
The current edition of Western Australia’s international resources development magazine Prospect is now available....Read full article

Innovation award open for WA’s brightest
West Australian inventors and innovators are encouraged to submit their nominations for one of Australia’s richest innovation competition, the WA Inventor of the Year Award for 2008....Read full article