River City Labs hosts Labor luminaries
Shadow minister and ALP candidate for Brisbane visit RCL
River City Labs hosts Labor luminaries
Shadow minister and ALP candidate for Brisbane visit RCL
7 February 2022 – for immediate release
River City Labs was delighted to host Ed Husic, Federal Opposition Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation, and Madonna Jarrett, ALP candidate for Brisbane, to our Fortitude Valley space on Friday, February 4.
The visit to Brisbane’s leading innovation space comes ahead of the 2022 Election expected before May 23 and saw Mr. Husic layout some of the ALP’s policies including the National Reconstruction Fund, improved fibre broadband connectivity, and support for university students launching startups.
“We’re always pleased to showcase the Labs,” said River City Labs’ General Manager Pauline Fetaui. “With the Federal Election looming, we’re really pleased to show how important startups and technology are to society and the economy along with the opportunities for the nation’s future.”
Upcoming events at RCL include the Activate and Activate+ programs, International Women’s Day, Founders’ Fusion events and, later this year, RiverPitch to be held in conjunction with Something Fest in October.
A long supporter of RCL, Ed Husic said: "I always love River City Labs to see what's happening and get a sense of the companies going through and the ideas they are focused on.
“It's a really important centre of new thinking and of new ways of getting things done. The type of things we need to see in rebuilding the economy potentially come out of places like RCL. It's always a good investment of time to come down and see what's happening."
Madonna Jarrett, the Labor candidate for Brisbane, added: "It was great visiting River City Labs today and seeing such wonderful innovation here, innovation is what drive jobs, change. It enables us to look to the future and understand how we're going to build industries, create jobs for tomorrow and look after our families over the long term."
For more details on River City Labs visit the website at https://rivercitylabs.acs.org.au/
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Director of Corporate Affairs and Public Policy
About River City Labs
River City Labs fosters the growth of startup companies wanting to solve big problems. We provide resources to empower, support and connect entrepreneurs. Central to everything we do is a focus on collaboration and connection.
Since 2012 over 700 entrepreneurs have called RCL home. Through our events program we have welcomed more than 29,000 guests into our community by hosting over 1000 events aimed at supporting founders on their entrepreneurship journey.
River City Labs powers a range of programs, events and engagement opportunities, enabling our corporate partners to innovate differently and embed their teams within the start-up community.
ACS is the professional association for Australia's technology sector. ACS members work across business, education, government, and the community delivering the digital services essential to the nation’s prosperity and security.
ACS exists to create the environment and provide the opportunities for members and partners to succeed. ACS strives for technology professionals to be recognised as drivers of innovation in our society, relevant across all sectors, and to promote the formulation of effective policies on technology and related matters. Visit www.acs.org.au for more information.