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Invest Victoria Newsletter
November 2008

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Despite the global economic downturn, Victoria is surging ahead. This month features a healthy report card on Victoria's economy, a boost for industry, record numbers of visitors through Melbourne Airport and an independent report that gave Victoria top marks as a location for renewable energy investment.

Invest Victoria is the investment promotion agency for the State Government of Victoria, Australia.

In this issue

Victoria top location for renewables

Victoria’s economy continues to grow

$245 million boost for industry

Record visitor numbers to Melbourne

$55 million deal with Intel

World’s first bionic eye one step closer



Victoria top location for renewable energy



			An independent national report on renewable energy by Ernst and Young has given Victoria top marks as a location for clean energy investment. Read more... ALSO: Clean energy investment in Victoria supported by new law



Victoria’s economy continues to grow; business investment up



			Victoria’s economy grew by 3.2 per cent in the 2007-08 year, Treasurer John Lenders said today. “Sustained growth has placed Victoria in a solid position to address the global financial crisis,” he said. Read more... ALSO: Victoria remains in surplus despite global economic turmoil



Victorian industry boost of $245 million



			Victorian industries will be given the tools they need to prepare for the future and create new jobs and more exports as part of a $245 million strategy unveiled today by Premier John Brumby. Read more... ALSO: Investment in future of Ford in Geelong



Record visitor numbers at Melbourne Airport



			Melbourne continues to attract record numbers of visitors, with Melbourne Airport experiencing the highest ever number of passengers for a month despite the global economic conditions. Read more... ALSO: New daily flights from Malaysia to Melbourne



Victorian company signs $55 million deal with Intel



			Victorian software company Acryn today announced a lucrative partnership with global technology giant Intel in an eLearning deal worth more than $55 million to deliver Victorian programs into schools in the United States. Read more...



World’s first bionic eye one step closer



			A new national partnership – Bionic Vision Australia - was announced in Melbourne today, bringing the development of the world’s first bionic eye one step closer. Read more...

UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

Australia India Business Council Australia-India 20/20 e-Symposium

3 December 2008,
Australia and India

Melbourne International Venture Capital Conference

2 February 2009
Melbourne, Australia

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

The Spiegeltent

9 October - 14 December 2008
Melbourne

G'Day USA - Australia Week 2009

13 - 24 January 2009
Los Angeles, San Francisco & New York

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