Tag: Victoria

New direction for LaunchVic fund

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The organisation responsible for dishing out Victoria’s $60 million innovation fund will focus on encouraging more migrants and refugees to develop tech companies in its next round of grants....

Budget boost for Vic tech startups

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian budget will provide further funding for local tech companies and improve the talent pipeline in the state, Minister for Innovation Philip Dalidakis said. While lacking many new...

Grid-scale battery trials for Vic

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The construction of Australia’s first grid-scale battery storage facility in Victoria should provide big opportunities for the state’s innovation and research sectors. The Victorian Government is currently accepting tenders...

Vic tech strategy missing in action

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The roll-out of the Victorian Government’s ICT strategy has become a mystery, with key deadlines being missed and the Minister responsible having gone missing in action. Special Minister for...

Victoria cranks up new data agency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Victoria is on the hunt for its first Chief Data Officer as it prepares to open a new agency to ‘transform’ the way it uses data. The Chief Data...

Dalidakis: This is just the beginning

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Another large international tech company choosing Melbourne as its Asia-Pacific base has capped off a huge year for the Victorian innovation minister, but according to the man himself, things...

Caples: Innovation as the new norm

Posted on   |  by Margaret Lim
Start thinking ‘innovation as usual’ as the norm rather than the exception, and expressing innovation in terms of the business rather than the system. That’s the mind-set Victoria’s Lead...

Diversity is key to Victorian success

Posted on   |  by Margaret Lim
Diversity is Victoria’s competitive advantage and the key differentiator to building the Number One ecosystem for startups and entrepreneurs in the Asia Pacific region, according to Innovation Minister Philip...

Victoria outlines five-year ICT plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian Government has released a new ICT strategy, the first comprehensive statement on information technology since the Andrews Labor government was elected in November 2014. The new strategy...