news.com.au wrote:MORE than 700 jobs will be created when the nerve centre of the $43 billion National Broadband Network is established in Melbourne.
Thousands more private sector positions will be created in a windfall expected to deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to the Victorian economy.
Having beaten off stiff competition, the State Government will today reveal details of the coup.
The arrival of the NBN will not only deliver the much-needed jobs but provide hundreds of millions of dollars in payroll tax and position Melbourne firmly at the centre of the nation's telecommunications sector.
Premier John Brumby credits the strength of the Victorian economy with creating more than 113,000 jobs in the past year - more than in any other state.
Despite the global economic downturn, Victoria recorded an extra 80,000 full-time jobs in the last financial year, helping the state stave off recession.
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