Tag: Melbourne
Wakeling announces retraining opportunities for automotive supply chain workers
Minister for Higher Education and Skills Nick Wakeling announced on Friday that the new South Eastern Workforce Development Centre in Dandenong and the North...
Exposed: leading Melbourne garment makers accused of workers’ exploitation
An investigation into Australia’s textile industry revealed shocking irregularities and violation of workers’ rights which compare to those of Third World countries, according to...
Academia joins industry and government to drive innovation in the chemicals and plastics sector
Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier Craig Ondarchie has announced the start of the “Chemicals and Plastics Innovation Network and Training Program” at the start...
Hundreds of Holden engineers “to be given marching orders” early
400 highly qualified Holden workers may find themselves on the job market sooner than expected as the carmaker is rumoured to have accelerated plans...
7,000 new jobs in Melbourne thanks to the $580m Chadstone expansion
A major expansion of the Chadstone Shopping Centre is set to generate about seven thousand jobs in south-east Melbourne, and creating new business opportunities in the retail, service...
New labs at University of Melbourne to tackle climate change
A range of new facilities aimed at boosting the research and development efforts of Australia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be built, maintained...
SAP opens $60 million Innovation Centre in Melbourne
SAP, the leading multinational enterprise software company, has opened an innovation centre in Melbourne to accommodate its recent planned job growth and fulfill the...
Capgemini opens global delivery centre and SMAC services lab in Melbourne
Leading consulting, technology and professional services company Capgemini has opened a Global Delivery Centre and Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC) services Lab in...
AMWU members back campaign to save TAFEs
Activists from the AMWU were campaigning for the revival of TAFEs in Melbourne this week, when Victorian Labor Leader Dan Andrews pledged to put vocational...
Victoria and Jiangsu reaffirm relationship; commit to future partnership
Premiere Denis Napthine officially signed the minutes of the meeting after attending yesterday's coming together of the Victoria-Jiangsu Joint Economic Committee (VJJEC) in Melbourne,...