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Canva has announced a restructure affecting 1,271 staff, or 22% of its workforce, after its growth slowed for the first time in a decade. Some will lose their jobs, while others will change roles or be asked to relocate to Sydney.

The WA Government is taking 19 organisations to AusBiotech and AusMedtech this week, five months after AusMedtech came to Perth for the first time.

The WA Government is seeking operators for new Digital Futures and Creative Technologies innovation hubs, backed by $2.7 million from the New Industries and Innovation Fund.

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.