Maggie Zhou, Australia and New Zealand Managing Director of Alibaba Group, is the inaugural Victorian Government Honorary Business Ambassador.
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The Economy
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Melbourne, the preferred location for corporate HQs
Melbourne has surpassed other Australian capital cities as a corporate location due mostly to declining activity in the resources sector.
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Melbourne is Australia’s smartest city in study of 500 global cities
It’s official: Melbourne is Australia’s smartest city.
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2016 census: Australia the best multicultural society
Australians are the most tolerant and welcoming people on earth when it comes to migrants, according to renowned demographer, Bernard Salt.
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Melbourne anti-nuclear campaign ICAN
An international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons that originated in Carlton in Melbourne has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Peace.
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Victoria’s free public WiFi and future plans
Free public WiFi has been made available in Melbourne city centre including Bourke St Mall and on platforms at Melbourne's city train stations.
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Victorian Government invests in startups looking to strengthen the state’s cyber security
Telstra’s 2017 Cyber Security Report found that 59 per cent of Australian organisations have detected a business interrupting breach at least monthly.
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Melbourne on track to overtake Sydney as Australia’s largest city
There are more Australians but most will live in Melbourne rather than Sydney by 2030 – and we are getting older.
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Unprecedented growth in events brings a world of investment to Melbourne
Major events spin gold for a city’s economy, and Melbourne has proven to the heartland of big ticket attractions this March.
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RMIT students paving the way for high speed transport with SpaceX Hyperloop
A team of RMIT University students beat out 1700 other entrants to become finalists in Elon Musk’s SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.
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Melbourne VC firm Rampersand hunting for new startups
Melbourne’s thriving startup ecosystem is proving to be a big attraction for investors.
