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The Governor General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC officially opened Google new Sydney office this week, praising Google Australia for its ingenuity and contribution to the country's economy.
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Ms Bryce said the company now had a headquarters for "...Australian ideas to emerge,and develop."
“You elicit the best of Australian ingenuity – what has always defined and distinguished us," she said in her speech opening the office."You provide space and, importantly, time, for Australian ideas to emerge, develop, and proliferate."
The Governor General was taken on a tour of the state-of-the-art regional headquarters in Pyrmont, Sydney where she described the facilities as "exciting."
“I knew it'd be like this - it'd be gorgeous to walk in here and it'd all be exciting and exhilarating and that you'd all be cool,” The Australian reported Ms Bryce as saying.
Google Australia’s Head of Engineering, Alan Noble spoke of the country's potential: “There’s phenomenal computer science talent in Australia, so we’re investing in the ecosystem here.”
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