The WA Government has announced a new accelerator program to assist local innovation and technology companies to prepare to access the US market. Companies including start-ups and scaleups, in critical technologies, mining and/or energy technologies and other sectors with dual-use applications are invited to apply for the program. The companies selected will have opportunities to...
Jodie Wallace, a senior public service leader, has been appointed as the new Director General of the Department of Training and Workforce Development. Ms Wallace was instrumental in negotiations with the Commonwealth Government, securing up to $1.3 billion for WA through the new National Skills Agreement, including $70.5 million to establish the Clean Energy Skills...
Scholarships worth up to $2500 are available to support Western Australians with autism to enter the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) workforce. The Autism Academy for Software Quality Assurance (AASQA) scholarship round is now open and applies to individuals undertaking Certificate IV or Diploma level studies in the field of Information Technology (IT), programming, software...
Civil Liability (Provisional Damages for Dust Diseases) Bill 2024 provides Western Australians diagnosed with diseases caused by exposure to asbestos or silica with improved access to compensation. The reforms will allow people who develop diseases later from the same cause to seek compensation. Individuals were previously limited by the damages awarded based on the ‘once-and-for-all’...
A new $30 million Western Australian Venture Capital (WAVC) Initiative has been launched to support locally-based starts-ups to scale up and create jobs for Western Australians. The initiative builds on the WA Venture Support (WAVES) program which helped three venture capital funds establish in WA to support local innovation. Investment through the ‘Fund of Funds’...
New regulations for long service leave for local government employees are now in effect. The changes aim to enhance clarity and provide certainty of worker entitlements including enabling worker entitlements to be moved from one local government organisation to another so that a worker’s previous service continues to count towards their long service leave entitlements....
A five-year review of Landgate’s Strata Titles Act 1985 will commence with the first round of consultations between 1-31 October 2024. The review will explore strata manager practices and standards, cost improvement controls in strata schemes, and strata living. The review aims to expand on the legislative improvements that have been introduced since 2020, to...
Stronger regulations governing the use of silica-containing products take effect on 1 September 2024. The regulations recognise bricks, concreate and tiles, are products other than engineered stone that produce a fine crystalline silica dust and has the potential to cause harmful exposure to workers when inhaled. Employers will assess the work that is being done...
A $1.9 million upgrade to the Kalgoorlie Career Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) station on Boulder Road is complete. The upgrades are to new facilities, extra study and storage areas with more works underway to a new training tower and road-crash rescue pad which is expected to be completed by mid-2025. The expanded facility will...
The Digital Industries Acceleration Strategy (WA: Digitally Evolved) will complement existing strategies including the Digital Strategy for the Western Australian Government 2021-2025 and the Digital Inclusion in WA Blueprint. Together, the suite of digital economy strategies will focus on Western Australia’s government digital transformation and community digital inclusion. The strategies, programs and existing initiatives with...