The deputy managing director of Citic Pacific Limited has told a conference in Perth that Australia's foreign investment regulations are stringent and appear to cause confusion among investors.

A leading international medical researcher has issued a challenge for Perth to develop a southern hemisphere version of the US-based Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC).

An international conference focused on the place and role of German language teaching and German studies in the global environment will be held at The University of Western Australia this month.

Foreign Minister Steven Smith, US ambassador-designate Kim Beazley, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett and other leading political, business, academic and media figures will meet at The University of Western Australia next week to debate the geopolitical, economic and social issues confronting our region.

The public is hungry for knowledge of the true dimensions of Australia's climate crisis and what can be done about it without wrecking our economy - a subject to be examined at The University of Western Australia next week.

A team from The University of Western Australia, in partnership with industry group Better Bees of Western Australia, has secured $800,000 to study male fertility in honey and feral bees.

The University of Western Australia has moved a significant step closer to its goal of becoming one of the top 100 universities in the world with the official release today of the foremost international ranking of Universities.

An ambitious research program will be launched tomorrow focused on engaging community action by delivering up-to-date information on the health of the Swan-Canning River Basin to every West Australian with the click of a button.

A student from The University of Western Australia who wants to inspire school students to develop a passion for science has won the 2009 Rhodes Scholarship for Western Australia.