Our Government understands how important it is to stay connected with home when you are overseas. That is why we have launched this new initiative in partnership with Advance to keep Victoria’s expatriate network connected, informed and better able to promote our State as a wonderful place to live, work, visit and invest.
Victorians Abroad will help people living overseas to stay in touch with everything from job opportunities, to business updates, to the AFL football scores. It is a valuable new resource for those thinking of moving back to Victoria, for Victorian companies thinking of exporting overseas, and also for international firms thinking of investing in our State.
I encourage all Victorians living abroad to join Advance, attend our networking events and find out how you can be an ambassador for Victoria – and promote Victoria to the world.
JOHN BRUMBY MP
Premier of Victoria
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Living in Victoria
Melbourne continues to be voted one of the world’s most liveable cities. [More...]
Jobs in Victoria
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Moving back to Victoria
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Exporting from Victoria
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Investing in Victoria
Every year, leading international firms choose to establish new, or expand existing, facilities in Victoria. [More...]
Studying in Victoria
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Victorians Abroad Profile - James Gorman
James P. Gorman, a former lawyer from Melbourne, became President and CEO of the New York investment bank Morgan Stanley on 1 January 2010. Mr Gorman joined Morgan Stanley in 2006, after a distinguished career as a lawyer with Phillips Fox, partner at consulting giant McKinsey and executive at Merrill Lynch. [More...]
Australia’s first home-grown hybrid car being built by Toyota in Victoria Official production of the first hybrid vehicle to be built in Australia, the Toyota Camry sedan, has commenced in Victoria at Toyota Australia’s Altona manufacturing plant. Toyota Australia will produce 10,000 of the hybrid vehicles each year, with the first due on roads in early 2010.[More...]
World goes wild for box office hit filmed in Victoria The latest world-wide box office hit to be filmed in Victoria, Where the Wild Things Are, has been delighting cinema audiences around the world. The Warner Bros adaptation of the classic Maurice Sendak children’s story was filmed over four months at Docklands' Melbourne Central City Studios and across 11 Victorian locations. [More...]
Melbourne ranked best sports city in the world
Melbourne has cemented its position as the sporting capital of the world, taking out the ‘Best Sports City’ award at the SportBusiness Sports Event Management Awards in London ahead of a competitive field of cities including Berlin, which hosted the IAAF Athletics World Championships, and Singapore, which hosted the first night Formula One Grand Prix.[More...]
Victoria: the nation’s economic powerhouse in 2009, creating over 75,000 jobs Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicates that Victoria created over three times more jobs than any other state during 2009, maintaining its reputation as the economic engine room of the nation. [More...]
Melbourne named the 8th most attractive destination for jobseekers worlwide Melbourne was ranked the 8th most attractive destination for jobseekers worldwide in a recent survey reported in the Financial Times. [More...] Qantas introduces new flights from Melbourne to London and Melbourne to Los Angeles The arrival of two new A380s to the Qantas fleet has increased the travel options for Melburnians flying to London via Singapore. The A380 is the largest commercial aircraft in production and will offer 10,000 additional seats per year on the route. [More...]
Transport Feature
Melbourne’s public transport system is undergoing a face-lift with a new operator, Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM), a new ticketing system myki and planned new construction of the Regional Rail Link. [More...]
New Super 15 Rugby team for Melbourne Melbourne has landed a major coup by winning a new team licence for the expanding South African, New Zealand and Australian Rugby Union (SANZAR) competition. [More...]
New Victorian cultural icon judged best in Australia
The iconic new Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) and Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) Theatre building has been named the best building in Australia at the 2009 Master Builders’ National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards. [More...]
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upcoming events
Sustainable Living Festival
6 - 21 February
In its eleventh year, the very best examples of ecological and social sustainability will fuse interactive workshops, talks, demonstrations, artworks, exhibits, films and live performances.
Long Distance Vision: Three Australian Photographers
Ends 21 February
The National Gallery of Victoria celebrates the work of Christine Godden, Max Pam and Matthew Sleeth in an exhibition of over 60 photographs exploring the concept of the ‘tourist gaze’ and its relationship with the three artists.
Melbourne will burst with hundreds of flavoursome food and wine events at the largest celebration of its kind anywhere in the world.
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
24 - 28 March
The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show explodes with colour & design at the world heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building & Carlton Gardens.
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is one of the three largest comedy festivals in the world, alongside Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival.
Nothing compares to the adrenalin-charged action of Formula One.
AFL Final Series
Begins 25 March
Footie fever is back for 2010.
Rip Curl Surf Pro
30 March - 10 April
Held at Bells Beach, this is the longest running ASP World Tour event (it's 38 years strong) is an annual pilgrimage for thousands of surf fans and festival goers alike.
Going Green Expo
30 April - 2 May
Save money and the environment with the latest ideas that don't cost the earth.
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Warriors of Brazil
2 - 7 February
A show that combines the extraordinary martial art of Capoeira (kah-poh-ayr-ra) with the music and dance of Carnival!
Spring Racing Carnival
30 Sept - 18 Nov Australia's largest sporting and social event showcasing 50 days of premier world-class thoroughbred racing and a party atmosphere unmatched at any other Australian sporting event.
Jersey Boys
4 July - 29 December
The story of how four boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time - The Four Seasons.
Melbourne Museum is presenting the best of emerging Australian design in two new exhibitions, Design Now and the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Awards Exhibition.
Inspired by the 150th publication anniversary of The Origin of Species, Darwin’s evolutionary treatise, Super Human: Revolution of the Species turns the spotlight on collaborations between artists and scientists and the impact these investigations have on what it means to be human, now and into the future.
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Advice and assistance to make the move back to Victoria easier 
The Government offers a range of programs to help Victorian companies access overseas markets. 
Planning your next holiday or just want to know what is going on in Victoria? 
Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicates that Victoria created over three times more jobs than any other state during 2009, maintaining its reputation as the economic engine room of the nation. 
The arrival of two new A380s to the Qantas fleet has increased the travel options for Melburnians flying to London via Singapore. The A380 is the largest commercial aircraft in production and will offer 10,000 additional seats per year on the route. 
Melbourne has landed a major coup by winning a new team licence for the expanding South African, New Zealand and Australian Rugby Union (SANZAR) competition. 
The iconic new Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) and Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) Theatre building has been named the best building in Australia at the 2009 Master Builders’ National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards. 