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Victoria: $3m in medical research grants unveiled

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Ten medical research projects will share in almost $3 million in Victorian government grants, with the use of analytics and spatial genomics to improve immunotherapy among the projects to...

Vic Budget cuts $360m from govt VC fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Victorian government will strip $360 million from its venture capital fund and extend the investment horizon from 10 to 15 years, as it seeks to make more “quality...

Breakthrough Victoria rejects high-cost fund claims

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The head of Breakthrough Victoria has rejected claims of excessively high operating costs at the state’s $2 billion investment fund, saying the expenses are almost identical to that of...

Vic govt backs local medtech pioneer with $2m investment

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Breakthrough Victoria has invested $2 million in Cyban, a Melbourne-based medtech startup pioneering a way to monitor brain oxygen levels without invasive surgery. The investment through the state’s $2...

Victoria gets a new Industry and Innovation minister

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Victoria has a new Industry and Innovation minister in Ben Carroll, a lawyer and one-time staffer to former Labor senator and federal minister for broadband, communications and the digital...

Deliveroo loses test case as rider ruled an employee

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a Deliveroo rider kicked off the platform last year was an “employee” of the tech giant in a decision with ramifications for...

Huawei ban to blame for icy relations: China

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian government’s “unethical” and “illegal” ban of China’s global technology brand Huawei had contributed significantly to the deterioration of relations between the two nations, a senior Chinese diplomat...