Tag: Ben Carroll

Victoria gets AI minister in cabinet reshuffle

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Victoria has become the second Australian state to appoint a minister for artificial intelligence, as part of a new frontbench unveiled by newly installed Premier Ben Carroll. Former police...

Gig Guide: Monash locks in quantum luminary as research lead

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Monash University has secured one of Australia’s top quantum minds, appointing Muhammad Usman to lead its faculty of information technology’s quantum research. Dr Usman founded the quantum computing research...

Victoria: $3m in medical research grants unveiled

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Ten medical research projects will share in almost $3 million in Victorian government grants, with the use of analytics and spatial genomics to improve immunotherapy among the projects to...

Jacinta Allen shuffles innovation out of Victorian cabinet

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Freshly-minted Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen has named her first ministry, shifting deputy Premier Ben Carroll from the Industry and Innovation portfolio to the dual responsibilities as Minister for Education...

Victorian manufacturing growth program grants announced

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Some 14 small and medium-sized manufacturers in Victoria have shared $3.2 million in state government con-investment grants through the Made in Victoria – Manufacturing Growth Program. The co-funded projects...

NTT Data loses myki deal to Conduent in $1.7bn shakeup

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
American business services provider Conduent will replace NTT Data as the operator of Victoria’s public transport ticketing system from December after securing a $1.7 billion contract to run and...

Victoria gets a new Industry and Innovation minister

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Victoria has a new Industry and Innovation minister in Ben Carroll, a lawyer and one-time staffer to former Labor senator and federal minister for broadband, communications and the digital...