Adrian Lowe

The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.

The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.

The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.

Despite major economic benefits, the unemployment statistics for people with disability is more than double the overall rate. Here’s how a major new program is working to change it for the better.

Australians are losing appetite for their favourite takeaway as cost-of-living pressures put the bite on popular fast food.

Dogs — and other pets — may well be man’s best friend but they’re now the next big customers for Australia’s biggest retailers, who are muscling in on a multi-billion dollar market.

A series of club anthems will blast from one of the Perth CBD’s eastern-most points next Saturday — but this is no regular weekend music festival.

When Sam Kroonenburg was 14, he started working at a computer shop in Maylands. What could have been just another weekend job for a Perth teen was the genesis of a career that’s made him worth more than $500m.

An unassuming building deep within the University of Western Australia’s Crawley campus is the professional home of a group of scientists who hope their work could transform how the world works.

Career choices in the post-pandemic world are providing a fascinating insight into who’s making money and who’s being left behind.