Tag: Victoria

Victoria’s $100M EV plan a ‘useful path forward’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government’s new $100 million plan to encourage electric vehicle uptake offers a “useful path forward”, but much more work and money are required to reach its target...

Victoria’s $60m manufacturing fund opens

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Applications are now open for Victoria’s $60 million manufacturing fund, which aims to support and expand local industry and boost the state’s sovereign capability. The Manufacturing and Industry Development...

Victoria’s EV tax policy ‘worst in world’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A group of manufacturers and industry groups have slammed Victoria’s proposed tax on EV owners as the “worst electric vehicle policy in the world”, and called on the upper...

Mine giant moves manufacturing to Victoria

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Global mining firm Conymet Duratray International will set up a new manufacturing facility and global headquarters in Victoria, onshoring overseas manufacturing functions and establishing a new ‘innovation division’. Founded...

BCG gets $11.5m for Vic digital contact tracing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Boston Consulting Group was paid more than $11 million over three months to digitise the Victorian government’s paper-based COVID-19 contact tracing system late last year and implement Salesforce’s customer...

Victoria seeks private provider for vaccine platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Victoria has become the first state in Australia to go to the private market for a COVID-19 vaccination management system as part of a whirlwind four-day tender process, with...

Victoria has a new innovation minister

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Jaala Pulford is Victoria’s new innovation minister after a Cabinet reshuffle brought on by the branch stacking controversy that has besieged the state government. Premier Daniel Andrews unveiled his...

Vic hospitals hit by cyber incident

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A number of Victorian hospitals have been hit by a “serious cyber incident”, with patient records and information still inaccessible and entire systems left offline. The Victorian government confirmed...

Vic’s road-test Fed biometric database

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Victoria will be the first state to test the federal government’s controversial national facial recognition database, but access to the biometric data will be restricted to state authorities, at...