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Australian property intelligence platform operator Archistar has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Skip Capital (co-headed by Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar) and AirTree Ventures (which was founded by former Microsoft Australia managing director Daniel Petre).

COMPANY NEWS: Artificial Intelligence scale up program, Boab AI, has announced the launch of its first cohort of companies and the commencement of its $100m Boab Global AI Fund.

The Victorian Government is funding the Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2), which will operate in collaboration with CSIRO and Swinburne University of Technology. An early project is the development of a vehicle refuelling station at Clayton.

Australia's ccTLD administrator auDA has appointed Sophie Mitchell as its chief communications officer.

Communications provider Motorola Solutions has signed a new deal valued at approximately $100 million with the Victorian Government, extending its agreement to provide the government with a dedicated emergency data communications managed service for use by Ambulance Victoria.

Ecommerce platform provider Shopify has announced its participation in the Victorian Government’s Small Business Digital Adaption program aimed at supporting sole traders and small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions.

As part of a $33.8 million support package for the state's screen industry. the Victorian Government is making available $19.2 million to attract international and interstate projects including digital games, and $4.7 million to support the development and production of local content across film, television, online and games.

An increasing number of Victorians want the 5 kilometre travel limit imposed due to the COVID stage 4 restricition scrapped now, according to a new survey.

Only 56% of Victorians have the COVIDSafe ‘tracking app’ on their phone more than five months after the app was launched by the Federal Government in late April and as the State continues in lockdown with stage 4 restrictions.

The Australian Information Industry Association says there is no clear roadmap and engagement and exit strategy for technology businesses in Victoria.

Global process management and automation vendor Nintex has developed a free, downloadable workflow automation solution which it says is helping Melbourne-based employers and employees to safely and legally fast track their participation in the recent Victorian Worker Permit Scheme, during COVID-19 stage four restrictions.

Optus has switched on a new tower in the Baranduda Ranges in regional Victoria as it continues the rollout of sites as part of the Federal Government’s mobile blackspot program.

Konica Minolta Australia has been selected for the Victorian government procurement panel for multifunction devices and printers,provided under a supplier or purchaser managed services model, covering maintenance, software and services support, account management, reporting and innovative solutions.

The Girl Geek Academy’s flagship program #SheHacks, which launched as a global first in 2014, is now running statewide across Victoria in 2020 from February to April.

Australian carbon capture and storage research organisation CO2CRC has delivered the first major component of a hydrogen refining plant to AGL’s Loy Yang facility in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

Unions representing fossil fuel workers have urged the Victorian Government and the Federal Government to back the emerging offshore wind sector in a move that they say could drastically reduce carbon emissions while providing quality jobs for workers who are already being impacted by the transition out of fossil fuel industries.