Business

Supercomputing partnership to turbocharge Australian research and green innovation 

Thursday 15 April 2021

Curtin University and DUG Technology Ltd have entered into a decade-long partnership to collaborate in the fields of high-performance computing (HPC), education and research.

By Lucien Wilkinson | Business; Environment; Feature; General; Health and medicine; Research; Research Featured; Science and technology; Agriculture, environment and sustainability; Education; IT and computing; Science and Engineering

Late payments drive stress for WA small business owners during COVID-19

Friday 5 February 2021

Almost a quarter of WA small businesses are impacted by late payments of 30 days or more from larger companies resulting in cash flow challenges and increased levels of personal stress.

By Lauren Sydoruk | Business; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law

Research finds increased trust in government and science amid pandemic

Friday 8 January 2021

New Curtin University research has found a dramatic increase in people’s trust in government in Australia and New Zealand as a result of the COVID pandemic.

By Lucien Wilkinson | Business; Feature; General; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law

Better targeted rent assistance needed to help low-income tenants

Thursday 29 October 2020

Commonwealth Rent Assistance is not reaching many of those who need it, with about 18 per cent of low-income private rental households in housing stress but not receiving the income supplement.

By Lucien Wilkinson | Business; Feature; General; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law

Housing industry stimulus needed to help pandemic-hit Australian economy

Wednesday 21 October 2020

Federal and State governments must introduce a wider range of housing stimulus measures to help the Australian economy recover, new AHURI research has revealed.

By Lucien Wilkinson | Business; General; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law

Curtin research into impact of health on retirement could bolster workforce

Tuesday 13 October 2020

Curtin University research has found that ill-health, both long-term and shorter-term ‘health shocks’, were likely to lead to earlier shifts from fulltime work to retirement and part-time work.

By Lucien Wilkinson | Business; Feature; General; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law

Inequality drives deep divide between Australian children

Friday 28 August 2020

Children living in the most disadvantaged communities across Australia are far less likely to attend the required 15 hours of preschool and more likely to become developmentally vulnerable.

By Lauren Sydoruk | Business; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law

WA leads nation, NSW lags behind in decade of new home builds

Wednesday 26 August 2020

Almost 1.5 million new homes were built in Australia from 2006 to 2016 but the growth of housing stock in each state and territory was uneven, new research reveals.

By Lucien Wilkinson | Business; Feature; General; Research; Research Featured; Architecture and construction; Business, management and law

Study finds oldest children in school-grade outperform youngest in NAPLAN

Thursday 25 June 2020

A new Curtin University study has found a child’s birthday can affect their NAPLAN results, with the oldest children in a classroom on average outperforming their younger classmates.

By Lucien Wilkinson | Business; General; Health and medicine; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law; Education; Health

More women at the top proves better for business

Friday 19 June 2020

A new report shows that more women on Boards and in senior leadership positions drives better company performance, greater productivity and greater profitability.

By Lauren Sydoruk | Business; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law