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The Newsroom team sources and provides the latest news, features and stories from across the breadth of the Victorian Government's relationships with the state's business, trade and investment communities.

Ripe Cheese stall at the Queen Victoria Market  

Business mentoring program central to the maturing of Ripe Cheese

by Editor | 11 Apr 2022

Hakim Halim is a Singaporean Asian cheesemonger who founded Ripe Cheese at the iconic Queen Victoria market, and whose online business is now growing.

Dairy cows wearing heat and health monitoring collars. Image: Jo Holloway, Semex.  

Keeping cows healthy with fitbit technology

by Editor | 30 Mar 2022

Find out how a dairy farm is innovating in the Goulburn Valley to improve health and productivity.

Abhi and Smit (centre L-R) have enjoyed working on a new tech project with Sonia and Erin (outside L and R) from startup, Mountoken  

At the cutting edge of tech

by Editor | 24 Mar 2022

Working with a startup has been an exciting experience for students taking part in SummerTech LIVE.

Victorian Premier’s Design Awards Showcase at the RMIT Design Hub in Carlton  

Celebrating 25 years of Victorian design excellence

by Editor | 17 Mar 2022

VIDEO: Why don’t we acknowledge our designers in the same way that we worship our home-grown actors, musicians and athletes?

Pepo Farms staff lined up in a pumpkin field wearing matching shirts  

Pepo Farms: Turning change into opportunity

by Editor | 10 Feb 2022

In a business planning session some years ago, Pepo Farms identified a hypothetical pandemic as a risk. The reality has seen it provide new outcomes.

Mansfield’s Highline Mountain Bike Festival  

Riding high: Victoria’s High Country is becoming a global bike riding destination

by Editor | 19 Jan 2022

Mansfield’s Highline Mountain Bike Festival hits the world circuit with Australia’s first multi-discipline mountain bike competition.

Emma Bamblett and Megan Van Den Berg  

Kinya Lerrk takes Aboriginal Victorians on a sensory journey to Country

by Editor | 16 Nov 2021

With help from a grant from the First Peoples’ Business Support Fund, two artists have repivoted their business to trade through the pandemic.

Jockey raising his arms and happy that he has won the melbourne cup  

Victoria races back to life

by Editor | 4 Nov 2021

The state is back open for business with the long weekend marking the return of major events in Victoria.

The team with their new uniforms  

Kensington Colts Junior Basketball Club players sport a new look

by Editor | 21 Jun 2021

Colts players in top gear with a Sporting Club Grant funding boost.

Soccer players training with bright lights  

Funding boost lights up Waverley City Soccer Club

by Editor | 21 Jun 2021

Waverley City Soccer Club will have a new home ground advantage for the growing number of football participants within the community.

Laura, the owner of the Little Bumble business is smiling and standing in infront of a Little Bumble signage.  

From Little Bumble to big buzz

by Editor | 10 Jun 2021

Business mentoring helps Little Bumble beeswax food wraps business grow from local hobby to national success.

Portrait shot of Sarah with city scape in the background  

Sarah Styles is out to Change Our Game

by Editor | 5 May 2021

Sarah Styles has always loved sport, and now she gets to take her passion to the next level at the Office for Women in Sport & Recreation.

collection of findings which look like spoons, buttons, and jewelry  

Treasure of goldrush artifacts unearthed at Bendigo GovHub site

by Editor | 29 Apr 2021

VIDEO: An extensive archaeological dig on the site of the Bendigo GovHub project has uncovered thousands of items from the city’s rich goldrush past.

Actor singing at the stage performance of Come From Away  

Come From Away raises the curtain in Melbourne to standing ovations

by Editor | 9 Feb 2021

After its first season was cut short in 2020 due to coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, Come From Away has made an emotional return to the stage.

Owners of the Noisy Ritual  

An East Brunswick winery starts pouring again

by Editor | 4 Dec 2020

Melbourne’s hospitality scene is once more flipping the sign in their windows to ‘open’ thanks to a Victorian Government's program.

Scientists working on a vaccine  

Melbourne medical precinct hosts world-first clinical trial for coronavirus vaccine

by Editor | 4 Jun 2020

Victorian company Nucleus Network was chosen to run world-first clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine.

Paul Molenaar, who with wife Cindy, are co-directors of Compliance Experts.  

Compliance Experts transforms to survive and thrive

by Editor | 2 Jun 2020

The disruptions to Victoria’s business community by coronavirus meant many small businesses have had to adapt quickly and re-focus their business.

Panoramic view of the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo  

The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion unveiled in Bendigo

by Editor | 12 Feb 2020

VIDEO: Bendigo is home to the largest Buddhist monument in the western world after the addition of a decorative four-metre finial on top.

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