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The region has one of the most supportive business environments
in Australia. This is characterised by national award winning
Business Incubators - closely integrating business, education and
government to encourage innovation, economic development and
business growth.
The La Trobe University R&D Park, comprises a
Technology Enterprise Centre that graduates incubating businesses
and attracts new start-up technology businesses. New Park tenants
co-locate with Rio Tinto research and technical development, The
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of medical research and the
Victorian Environment Protection Authority.
La Trobe University, NMIT and RMIT University worked, in
cooperation with NORTH Link/NIETL, on project.reX, linking
staff and students from various faculties of these institutions
with 91 companies in Melbourne's North, to implement web page,
e-commerce and intranet communication strategies.
Kangan Institute has the largest purpose-built training
facility for the aviation industry, and a Centre of Excellence for
training in transport and logistics with a new Automotive Centre of
Excellence to be located at Docklands.
The Darebin Business
Incubator, known as the Darebin Enterprise Centre, is in its
fourth year of operation and is home to over 40 new businesses. It
won the Federal Government Incubator of the Year Award in 2001.
The Brunswick Business Incubator provides office suites,
manufacturing space and conference rooms. It is planned to be home
to over 100 small businesses.
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