Victoria will enjoy ICT growth if NBN goes ahead

Minister for Information and Communications Technology John Lenders has stated that if the National Broadband Network goes ahead Victoria could become an area of huge ICT growth.

It was claimed by the Minister for Information and Communications Technology John Lenders recently that Victoria could become an area of huge ICT growth, particularly if the National Broadband Network goes ahead. This comes after global technology and business services giant Vertex said it was to establish its Asia Pacific Headquarters in Melbourne and create another four hundred Victorian jobs.

Mr Lenders said that the announcement further reflected the potential for huge ICT growth in Victoria, stating: “We are clearly Australia’s ICT leader and this announcement demonstrates that Victoria has the best skills, infrastructure and economy for business investment and we are proud to help create thousands of Victorian jobs.”

The announcement about Vertex was made by Premier John Brumby, who said: “Victoria is the job-creating capital of Australia, generating more than 118,000 jobs since the start of the Global Financial Crisis two years ago. This is more jobs than any other state and today’s announcement is an example of the way we are working with industry to keep creating jobs for the future. Vertex’s jobs boost comes on top of the 600 jobs announced at the company’s new Ballarat office in June – one of the largest-ever single job creating ventures in Ballarat’s history.”

He added: “Vertex has shown faith in the Victorian economy by announcing the creation of 1000 new full-time jobs this year alone and is another example of Victoria defying the ongoing aftershocks from the Global Financial Crisis.”

Source – The Gov Monitor