Investing in Victoria

Investing in Victoria

We offer investors a stable and competitive business environment with longstanding ties to Asia, a skilled multicultural workforce, world-class institutions and infrastructure and unbeatable lifestyle. These attributes generate exciting, diverse and unique opportunities for investors.

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How we can help

How we can help

If you are considering investing in Melbourne, Invest Victoria can help you scope the market opportunity and assist you with your business case development through the planning, setting up or ongoing growth stages of your business life cycle.

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We're piloting hydrogen as a clean, secure and sustainable fuel for the future

The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain project is a world first pilot of hydrogen as a fuel for the future.

As countries tackle the challenge of meeting national and international emissions targets and look for secure, clean and sustainable sources of fuel, hydrogen is becoming recognised as a fuel for the future.The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain pilot will demonstrate a fully integrated supply chain for hydrogen that could become a fuel for the future of Australia.

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Melbourne's population growing faster than Sydney

4.9 million people and growing

Melbourne is a thriving market, rapidly growing in size. Melbourne's population of 4.9 million has grown more quickly than any other Australian city over the past 10 years. If trends continue, Melbourne could overtake Sydney as Australia's largest city by 2030.

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Alibaba sets up Australia and New Zealand HQ in Melbourne

Alibaba sets up Australia and New Zealand HQ in Melbourne

Alibaba is part of a growing list of leading international digital technology companies that have chosen to locate their regional operations in Melbourne, including Zendesk, Slack, Square, and Cognizant.Alibaba’s websites have hundreds of millions of active Chinese users and handle more business than eBay and Amazon combined.

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The highest ranked Australian university

The highest ranked Australian university

The University of Melbourne is the highest ranked university in Australia and the third highest in Asia-Pacific. It's just one of the reasons why Victoria produces high quality talent.

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Why Melbourne is Australia's best city for business

Melbourne is Australia's best city for business

As well as being Australia's Tech City, Melbourne is 17 hours ahead of PST: while today in San Francisco is drawing to a close, tomorrow is just beginning here - and that means US firms with operations here get to double their daily productivity.Low costs and a stable governmental and economic environment, provide a sound foundation on which your business can thrive.

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Extensive road and rail networks linked to air and seaports

Extensive road and rail networks linked to air and seaports

Melbourne's road and rail transport networks are the best in the country. Through a complex matrix of road and rail, people and goods are efficiently transported in, out and around the country—a feat made possible due to the largest air and seaports in Australia.

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An economy larger than Singapore or New Zealand

An economy larger than Singapore or New Zealand

Victoria is a key contributor to Australia's status as the 13th largest economy in the world. In 2016-17, our state economy generated A$399 billion in GSP.

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