Helping build Australia’s digital future

Google is supporting the talent and creativity of Australians with the Digital Future Initiative, a A$1 billion investment in Australian infrastructure, research and partnerships to help build a strong digital economy, create new opportunities and solve big Australian challenges.

How Google and CSIRO are using AI to protect our reefs

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Supporting the growth of Australian businesses

From Darwin to Devonport and Perth to Parramatta, Google is helping Australian businesses grow online and become more resilient with free tools and training.

How Bliss Gifts & Homewares grew against all odds

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Promoting Australian culture and communities

A part of the Australian community for more than 20 years, Google enjoys developing technology that supports the people and their passions.

Googlers in Australia

Google Australia started with just one employee in 2002 and has grown to a diverse team of over 2000. Almost half of the Googlers in Australia support our work in engineering, building and testing products that have scaled to the world, including Google Maps which started in Sydney.

Australian Googlers

Google’s impact in Australia

A$51 billion

in revenue gains, improved productivity, and time savings annually for businesses that use Google’s products.3

3 Access Partnership (2023), Google’s Impact in Australia: Building a Stronger Digital Future. Available at: https://accesspartnership.com/googles-impact-australia-building-a-stronger-digital-future

A$345 million

in revenue gains, cost savings and efficiency gains for businesses that use Google Cloud.1

1 AlphaBeta (2022), Google’s Economic Impact in Australia: Helping build Australia's digital future through technology. Available at: https://accesspartnership.com/googles-economicimpact-in-australia-helping-build-australias-digital-future-through-technology/

A$19 billion

in benefits annually to consumers that use Google products.3

3 Access Partnership (2023), Google’s Impact in Australia: Building a Stronger Digital Future. Available at: https://accesspartnership.com/googles-impact-australia-building-a-stronger-digital-future

600,000+

Australians trained through Grow with Google programs.2

2 Google (2022), "Grow with Google’s impact in Australia". Available at: https://grow.google/intl/ALL_au/impact/

≈ A$82 million

in free Google Ads for eligible non-profit organisations.

158,500+

jobs supported by Google.3

3 Access Partnership (2023), Google’s Impact in Australia: Building a Stronger Digital Future. Available at: https://accesspartnership.com/googles-impact-australia-building-a-stronger-digital-future

Celebrating Australians with Google Doodles

Press enquiries

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