The Victorian state government is giving innovators $4.4 million to create everyday products from reusable waste while getting those ideas out of the lab and into the market with a new round of recycling
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Victorian government signs MoU with Hanwha
The Victorian state government is backing Hanwha Defense Australia to build and maintain Australian military vehicles in Geelong, in a move that stands to create hundreds of highly-skilled local jobs.
Minister
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Engineers to consider professional registration scheme
The Victorian government is calling for engineers’ feedback to help implement Victoria’s Professional Engineers Registration Scheme.
Minister for Consumer Affairs Victoria Melissa Horne is encouraging
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Victorian government to invest $1.5 million towards Australia’s first AI accelerator
The Victorian Government has announced it would contribute $1.5 million to the establishment of Australia’s first multimillion-dollar accelerator and investment fund for Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Vic government announces free mediation service for commercial tenancy disputes
The Victorian government’s mediation service to help small and medium business tenants and landlords reach a fair agreement in rent disputes, as a result of coronavirus, is in effect.
The service is
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Investing to support Australian manufacturers
In February this year, the construction of a new facility for Bosch’s Manufacturing Solutions and Rexroth businesses began. The company will invest $17 million on the new facility. On completion, this
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Commonwealth joins Vic gov in funding for ventilator manufacturing
The federal government has joined its Victorian counterparts in supporting Australian manufacturers who are providing critical medical products.
On April 9, federal Minister for Industry, Science and Technology,
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Local company gets Vic gov backing to develop ventilators
The Victorian government has announced it will support leading local technology commercialisation and engineering company, Grey Innovation, who has secured a licence from a leading global manufacturer
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$500 million fund to keep Vic businesses going
The Victorian government has invited local councils to join the $500 million Working for Victoria Fund to ensure services continue to be delivered.
The government is working with councils with a specific
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2,700 Victorian small businesses to receive tax refunds
Two thousand seven hundred Victorian small businesses will receive payroll tax refunds as part of the government’s $500 million Business Support Fund grants to support the state’s economy.
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Ai Group welcomes Victorian government stimulus
National employer association Ai Group has welcomed the Victorian government’s survival packages to support businesses and jobs.
A $500 million Business Support Fund has been established by the government
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Entries opens for Victoria’s top science awards
Applications for the 2019 Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation and the Victoria Fellowships opened on 4 June.
The Victoria Prize and Victoria Fellowships celebrate scientists as well as early-career
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Sustainability Victoria CEO set to lead Solar Victoria
Stan Krpan, chief executive officer (CEO) of Sustainability Victoria, has stepped down after accepting a new role as CEO of Solar Victoria.
In the interim Carl Muller, director of corporate
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Vic government to strengthen resources sector
The Victorian state government is making changes to strengthen Victoria’s resources guidelines, setting a higher standard for mineral explorers and miners who have access to the state’s mineral resources.
The
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Wind turbines bring manufacturing jobs to Victoria
Wind power is creating new
manufacturing jobs in Geelong, Victoria, with wind turbine components set to be
assembled at the former Ford Motor manufacturing site.
International
company Vestas has partnered
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New wind farm to generate almost 3,000 GWh electricity per year
One of Australia’s largest wind farms is a step closer to construction as a planning permit has been approved for the Golden Plains Wind Farm in Victoria.
The wind farm, about 60 kilometres north-west
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VIC gets one of Southern Hemisphere’s largest tunnel boring machines
One of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest tunnel boring machines has arrived in Melbourne to assist in building the West Gate Tunnel.
It is the first of two tunnel boring machines (TBM) to be used
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Victoria’s first grid-scale battery unveiled in Ballarat
Victoria’s minister for energy, Lily D’Ambrosio today unveiled the first grid-scale electricity storage project in the state.
The 30 Megawatt/30 Megawatt-hour large-scale lithium-ion battery, located
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Vic gov supporting Melbourne glass manufacturer
A Victorian government program supporting local industry is helping a Melbourne-based glass manufacturer hire more workers and expand its operations.
The company, A Touch of Glass, located in Carrum Downs,
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Cosmetics company moves global manufacturing to Victoria
Australian personal care and cosmetics products company, BWX, has announced it will transition segments of its US manufacturing onshore to its Dandenong headquarters, creating 50 jobs over the next five
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