Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Swinburne University of Technology

Ms TERPSTRA: Further, I just want to update the house on a fantastic visit to Swinburne University recently. I attended with the Honourable Gayle Tierney, Minister for Training and Skills, and we visited Swinburne University to look at the new supercomputer. The government is investing $5.2 million towards this project. This means astronomers will be able to monitor space in unprecedented detail and researchers can explore areas including bushfire detection, natural disaster planning and response, neuroscience, cancer detection and defence. It is pretty incredible, and we are fortunate to have such amazing technology right here in Victoria. The computer will be able to run models and simulations within a few days that would take most other computers many, many years to run. So it is a fantastic investment, and it is just another example of how the Andrews Labor government is supporting research in Victoria.