The 2026 school list is locked in: up to 40 teams of Year 8 students get six weeks and an industry mentor to solve a local problem, with $35,000 split between the top five in December.
Perth-based Space Angel has been awarded the full $1.75 million Spaceport Establishment Support Grant, which it will match, to run site assessments and build a business case for WA’s first spaceport.
The recipients of the latest round of the Innovation Booster Grant have been announced, with 26 Western Australian businesses sharing $1,274,686 in early-stage funding.
More than 130 applications have been narrowed to 23 finalists across six categories for the 2026 WA Innovators of the Year, with $310,000 in prize money decided in November.
The State Government has opened expressions of interest to find an operator for its new WA Commercialisation Hub.
Expressions of interest are now open for the fifth Minister’s Innovation Challenge, with up to 40 WA public schools competing for a $35,000 prize pool decided in December.
The WA Government has opened a Request for Proposal for a business to anchor its Picton manufacturing hub, with the tenant tasked with building parts for the state’s exit from coal by 2030.
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Sam Holt and Joel Beaton have recently launched Wingman Money, a gamified app that generates a Financial Health Score out of 100. They’re on a mission to improve Gen Z’s long-term financial wellbeing.
Stephen Dawson holds onto the Science and Innovation portfolio in a Cabinet reshuffle sparked by Paul Papalia’s retirement from politics.
