Victoria Stamps Claim for National Broadband Base
Source: Victoria. Treasurer and Minister for Information and Communication Technology. Media Release
"Victoria launched a strong bid to become the home base of Australia’s new $43 billion National Broadband Network. Treasurer and Minister for Information and Communication Technology John Lenders said basing the headquarters in Melbourne could create many thousands of highly skilled jobs for Victorian families.“The Brumby Government is taking action to deliver the highly skilled jobs of the future,” Mr Lenders said.“I am launching Victoria’s bid to be the home for the National Broadband Network – the biggest infrastructure project in the nation’s history. I will be presenting Victoria’s case to my colleagues in Canberra and fighting for a significant jobs boost in our impressive ICT sector.“If successful, this project will create an army of Victorian jobs including construction workers, software engineers, electronics technicians, photonics experts and would be a welcome boost for our manufacturing industry."