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Leah Harris  

Meet Leah Heiss: Chair, Victorian Premier’s Design Awards

by Editor | 23 Mar 2023

Leah Heiss is no stranger to the Victorian Premier’s Design Awards (VPDA), as both a long-time judge and dual VPDA award recipient.

A greenhouse  

Medicinal cannabis flowers in Greater Shepparton

by Regional Development Victoria | 23 Jan 2023

VIDEO: Greater Shepparton will soon be home to the lawful production and supply of this plant with therapeutic benefits.

Ultra Violette Skincare co-founders Ava Matthews and Rebecca Jefferd  

Ultra Violette is building a female-led global beauty brand

by Global Victoria | 16 Jan 2023

Beauty aficionados and co-founders, Ava Matthews and Rebecca Jefferd, are on their way to building a global skinscreen brand.

Photograph of Adjunct Associate Professor Helen Frazer standing at a podium in front of a microphone smiling  

Transforming breast cancer screening with artificial intelligence

by Editor | 11 Oct 2022

Computers that can quickly and accurately identify cancer patterns have the potential to save lives and transform the breast screening process.

An exterior group shot at the opening of the portable animal health testing laboratory in Dili  

Australian lab operating in Timor-Leste a winner for animal health

by Agriculture Victoria | 20 Sep 2022

In Timor-Leste, Agriculture Victoria is helping to safe-guard Australia from international biosecurity risks – and it’s already paying dividends.

Uncle Frank Laxton conducting the smoking with Aunty Leah Keegan alongside Aboriginal artist and BADAC community member Thomas Marks  

Home is where the community is

by Regional Development Victoria | 1 Jun 2022

The Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative is establishing an Elders' Living Village with the support of the Victorian Government.

Man in white lab coat, sunglasses and blue gloves inspecting one of the growing cannabis plants he is surrounded by  

Cracking the code on medicinal cannabis

by Agriculture Victoria | 17 May 2022

In 2016, Victoria legalised the use of medicinal cannabis, and since then scientists have improved strains to produce better health products.

 

Strengthening care for children

by Regional Development Victoria | 27 Apr 2022

A pioneer program in the Wimmera Southern Mallee sets the benchmark for the future of regional healthcare in Victoria.

Latrobe Community Health Service’s dental prosthetics laboratory in Churchill  

Coming up smiles in the Latrobe Valley

by Regional Development Victoria | 19 Apr 2022

A dental prosthetics lab in the Latrobe Valley is helping students start their careers as dental technicians, providing vital services to locals.

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.

 

Frontline chickens to enjoy a well-earned roost in retirement

by Agriculture Victoria | 10 Mar 2022

Victoria’s sentinel chickens have been retired thanks to new testing and surveillance methods in detecting mosquito-borne viruses.

 

A harbourside home fit for a queen bee

by Agriculture Victoria | 3 Mar 2022

The National Bee Pest Surveillance Program is an early warning system to detect new incursions of exotic bee pests and pest bees.

Clarke Street Pop-Up Park  

Clarke Street Pop-Up Park brings West Footscray community together

by Declan Boffa | 1 Mar 2022

Clarke Street Pop-Up Park has helped West Footscray Neighbourhood House - and volunteers like Chuping Yu - to tackle social isolation.

 

A dairy journey from Ethiopia to Australia

by Agriculture Victoria | 17 Feb 2022

For over two decades, Agriculture Victoria researcher Dr Mekonnen Haile-Mariam has helped improve the way the Australian dairy industry operates.

Person wearing scrubs laying on a hospital bed on top of a heated blanket, surrounded by medical equipment  

Geelong’s Care Essentials goes the distance

by Regional Development Victoria | 15 Feb 2022

Care Essentials' commitment to health currently has Geelong on the international map as exports of their warming blanket continue to build.

Photo of the 1Breadcrumbs team. Top row left to right: Mahdi Nejad, Katie Kwan, Jasper Rouget. Bottom row left to right: Ben Larosa, Paul Wilson, Patrick Harris, Simon Elliot.  

Melbourne startup nails building industry digital transition

by Maureen Devlin | 27 Jan 2022

The days of the site office piled high with safety and compliance paperwork are over thanks to 1Breadcrumb’s innovative workplace platform.

Image of David Anderson in a lab  

Fighting the pandemic: Melbourne test breakthrough

by Georgina Jerums | 2 Dec 2021

Local researchers have created a finger prick test that can reveal your level of immunity and establish whether you may need a COVID-19 booster shot.

World's first eye imaging device wins Premier's Design Award  

World-first eye imaging device wins Victorian Premier's Design Award

by Georgina Jerums | 6 Jul 2021

Cobalt Design in North Melbourne has taken out the Victorian Premier’s Design Award’s top honour for a revolutionary eye testing machine.

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