Minister for Training and Skills and Higher Education Gayle Tierney announced this week a $274 million guarantee to lock in funding at pre-pandemic levels so that Victoria’s training system can continue
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Monash engineers improve fatigue life of high strength aluminium alloys by 25 times
A study by Monash University engineers has demonstrated improvements in the fatigue life of high strength aluminium alloys by 25 times – a significant outcome for the transport manufacturing industry.
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Centre to deliver STEM studies for students
The Victorian Government and the University of Melbourne have struck a partnership that will see Victorian secondary students will train for the jobs of tomorrow in science, technology, engineering and
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$55m by Vic government to upgrading TAFES
The Victorian Government’s is continuing to build better TAFEs, unveiling dozens of upgrades to TAFEs across the state in a move that will create jobs and help drive Victoria’s economic recovery from
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Victorian manufacturers create new ventilator industry
Victoria’s world-leading manufacturers have created a ventilator production industry from scratch with Ballarat’s Gekko Systems to start making the country’s first Australian-designed machines within
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Support for crucial medical research joins coronavirus fight in Victoria
Victoria’s medical researchers are making significant strides in the battle against coronavirus, with the Victorian Government providing support for projects on multiple fronts.
The state government
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Victorian factory starts production on millions of medical-grade face masks
A new, state-of-the-art factory at Campbellfield has begun producing millions of medical-grade face masks for the local, interstate and overseas market.
Softmed, a privately owned, Melbourne-based company,
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New EV charge stations for north west Victoria
More than 15 new electric vehicle charging stations will be constructed in north western Victorian towns to boost tourism, create jobs and reduce emissions, while increasing the range of electric vehicles
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Doftek Australia develops next-gen vehicle dynamic system
Victorian-based company Doftek has developed a world-first Active Wheel Alignment System (AWAS) for passenger vehicles. This system allows the vehicle’s wheel alignment
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Vic gov bringing in high tech companies to invest in the state
The Victorian Government is attracting high-profile tech companies from across the world to invest in Victoria, with the potential of creating hundreds of new jobs, according to the press statement.
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Victorian government announces $1.7 bn support package
The Victorian government has announced it will provide a $500 million fund to help public infrastructure workers find work as part of a $1.7 billion package to save jobs.
The Working with Victoria Fund
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Victorian gas decision to boost manufacturing capability
The Victorian state government’s decision to restore onshore conventional gas exploration and development in Victoria starting July 1 next year will help strengthen Australia’s manufacturing capability.
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Brazilian renewable energy company chooses Victoria
A leading Brazilian leading renewable energy consultancy will establish its Australian/New Zealand HQ in Melbourne. Minister for Energy Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio and Parliamentary
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Zero emissions manufacturing achievable, says think tank
The technology needed for manufacturers to make the transition to renewable-powered electrification is already readily available and could double manufacturing efficiency, according to a report by climate
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Alcoa rules out closure of Portland smelter, for now
Alcoa’s aluminium smelter in Victoria will continue operating, for now, despite Alcoa reporting a significant net global loss in 2019, according to the aluminium giant’s earnings call.
While the smelter
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Vic-China collaboration for industrial air filtration
A technology to reduce air pollution created through industrial manufacturing is the subject of a joint research partnership between Deakin University and Jiangsu BOHN Environmental protection Science
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Australia’s role in aerospace manufacturing celebrated
The role of Australian manufacturing in producing the 1,000th Boeing 787 Dreamliner was celebrated on November 29, with Victorian Minister for Economic Development, Tim Pallas, visiting Boeing’s site
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5000th bus manufactured at Victorian site
Volgen has manufactured the 5000th bus at its facility in Dandenong, Victoria.
The bus body builder, the largest in Australia, delivered the Optimus Low-Floor Route Bus to Ventura Bus Lines. The event
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Review to look into Victorian trades teaching
The Victorian state government has announced a review of the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and the state’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector as delivered through Victoria
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First test for hydrogen to provide new export energy source
The first pilot project for the mass creation of hydrogen from coal for export has broken ground in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria.
Conducted by a consortium of Japanese industry heavyweights, including
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