Investor confidence in Victoria’s economy remains strong with private capital expenditure up 8.6 per cent over the year to June, compared with a national fall of 3.0 per cent during the same period.
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Climate Council: SA, TAS and ACT leading the renewables charge
A Climate Council report states who they see as leading the charge of Australia’s transition to clean, affordable and efficient renewable energy and storage technology.
The Renewables Ready: States
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New beginnings for former Hazelwood workers
The Victorian Government’s worker transfer scheme has helped its first 25 former Hazelwood power station workers secure new jobs at other Latrobe Valley power stations.
Minister for Industry and Employment
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Last Toyota Aurion rolls off the line
Last week, Toyota Australia reported that its last Toyota Aurion has rolled off the line at Toyota Australia’s Altona manufacturing base after 11 successful years, racking up over 110,000 sales domestically,
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CrowdStrike expands APAC presence, reports positive 1st half growth in 2017
Cloud services company CrowdStrike has announced the rapid expansion of its Asia Pacific (APAC) operations on the heels of triple-digit bookings growth. The company has established offices and headcount
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ANZ Stateometer: Victoria the only state to have grown “above trend”
ANZ’s Stateometer report that was released earlier this week has indicated that Victoria is the only state economy in Australia that has grown above trend for two consecutive years.
According to a media
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Renewable energy targets to create hundreds of VIC jobs
Victoria will be set new renewable energy targets this week, which are hoped to create hundreds of construction jobs over the next two years.
Legislation to be introduced to Parliament will lay expectations
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$1.4 million in grants to help Australian researchers and SMEs go global
Last week, the Ministry of Industry, Innovation and Science announced that 18 Australian researchers and 11 small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) will share in $1.4 million in government grants to meet and
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Job opportunities and reskilling to support Victoria’s booming rail industry
In a press statement, the state government of Victoria has announced that it is giving young people and those reskilling from other sectors experience and opportunities in Victoria’s booming rail industry.
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Melbourne Metro Tunnel to see creation of 7000 jobs
In a news release earlier this week, the Andrews Labor Government is creating thousands of local jobs and using Victorian businesses to build the biggest public transport project in Victorian history –
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Hundreds of jobs in danger despite timber mill purchase
The Victorian government has signed a deal to purchase the Heyfield Timber Mill, for an undisclosed sum.
Despite the purchase of the mill, there are still fears that up to 100 jobs could be lost.
Workers
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Victorian manufacturer to supply Isuzu truck components
Truck component manufacturer Abcor has secured a five-year contract to supply high-end bull bars for Isuzu.
Abcor will be producing the bullbars for Australian and New Zealand markets, with the potential
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New waste-to-energy plant for Victoria
In an Australian first of its kind, Yarra Valley Water has constructed a waste to energy facility linked to a sewage treatment plant.
The purpose built facility provides an environmentally friendly disposal
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New jobs for Victorian solar plant
A solar plant in Bridgewater, Victoria plans to create 35 jobs over the next few years.
Ceramet Solar, a subsidiary of Ballarat-based manufacturer Ceramet Automotive, is in the process of increasing its
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Victorian manufacturer to fill 70 jobs for trailer contract
BAE Systems reveals potential partners for LAND 400
One of the down-selected tenderers for the LAND 400 contract, BAE Systems, has revealed the SMEs it will team with if it wins the tender.
The company has named Victorian firms Marand, MOOG Australia, Motec,
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Plans for offshore LNG facility to address energy crisis
The development of a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility off Victoria has been suggested as a means to address rising energy costs.
The Andrews government is allegedly in talks with energy
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Rising energy costs force job cuts at Victorian textile factory
Australian Textile Mills (ATM) has requested voluntary redundancy applications from 20 of its Wangaratta factory staff. The company has cited rising energy costs as a major factor in this decision.
ATM
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Former auto workers to join construction manufacturing
Nearly 100 former automotive workers will have an opportunity to be a part of Victoria’s construction industry, due to new funding from the Andrews Labor Government.
During a recent visit to Unipod in
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Victorian chemical manufacturer fined over oil spill
The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has fined a Sunshine West company $7773 for allowing waste oil to spill from its site and enter the stormwater system.
The EPA launched its investigation
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