Ten innovative Victorian companies have been awarded funding of up to $100,000 to undertake feasibility studies as part of the Health Market Validation Program – a $15 million competitive grants program designed to encourage innovation in healthcare.

Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips today announced that the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and Australia’s biotechnology industry association, AusBiotech, have launched a revised edition of the industry code of best practice that will support capital formation by ASX-listed life science companies.

Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips visited the University of Melbourne campus in Shepparton today to officially launch the ‘switch on’ of the Uni TV trial that was funded under Round 1 of the Victorian Coalition Government’s $18 million Broadband Enabled Innovation Program.

Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips announced today that seven companies have been awarded Technology Implementation Vouchers worth up to $250,000.

Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips today officially launched the Regional Cystic Fibrosis e-Health & Telemonitoring Program – a new pilot project funded by the Victorian Coalition Government Broadband Enabled Innovation Programand being delivered by Monash University.

Leading UK-headquartered digital communications agency, Precedent, has opened new offices in Melbourne with plans to create up to 30 highly skilled jobs over the next three years.

The Victorian Coalition Government is undertaking market consultation as part of a new approach to the future of the Victorian Government’s telecommunications purchasing and management.

Victorian Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips opened Victorian ICT company we-do-IT’s new office in Hyderabad, India, which will provide a platform for the company’s ongoing growth, both in Victoria and globally.

Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips today announced 120 new high-tech jobs will be created in Victoria, with the expansion of global software company SAP.

Assistant Treasurer and Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips today announced Mumbai-based pharmaceutical giant Cipla has opened its Australian headquarters in Melbourne, in one of the first investments by the company in a regional office outside India.

Victoria is leading the charge to give citizens smarter access to Victorian Government information and services with a new vic.gov.au.

The Victorian Coalition Government has appointed Grantly Mailes as the State’s first Chief Technology Advocate.

The Victorian Coalition Government has today unveiled a whole-of-government information and communication technology (ICT) strategy to rectify Labor’s disastrous ICT legacy and deliver better services to Victorians.

Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips today announced the opening of round two of the Victorian Coalition Government’s $11 million Digital Futures Fund designed to drive productivity through the use of information and communication technology (ICT).

Fourteen Victorian small technologies companies have explored the world’s largest nanotechnology trade show, Nano Tech 2013.

The Victorian Coalition Government is helping small and medium sized companies become more competitive through a new initiative that matches them with students studying information and communications technology (ICT) at university.

Online accounting software provider Xero is set to create more than 25 highly-skilled information and communication technology (ICT) jobs for Victoria.