Industry News
NT selects winner of $259m CCSRP tender
InterSystems and partner Dialog Information Technology will deliver a core clinical system for all health centres across NT, implementing a single health record for residents. [ + ]
$19.3m for NSW courtroom AV link upgrades
Dozens of courtrooms across NSW will have their audiovisual links upgraded to enable remote appearances and testimony by defendants, witnesses and experts. [ + ]
Victoria taps VendorPanel to run eServices platform
Melbourne start-up VendorPanel will provide the Victorian Government with a new eServices procurement platform to be used by all state government agencies. [ + ]
NZ allocates NZ$7.2m for open data
New Zealand will ensure more access to open data to help meet its commitment to taking an 'open by default' approach to government data. [ + ]
Telstra joins ANZ smart cities council
Telstra has joined major companies such as Microsoft, IBM and Cisco as a member of the Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand. [ + ]
Queensland allocates $40m for digital transformation
Allocation will help develop a central portal for access to government services, a digital archive solution and more. [ + ]
NZ to spend $30m on three new supercomputers
The New Zealand government is replacing its two 10-year-old research supercomputers with three new significantly faster systems. [ + ]
Newcastle launches nation's biggest smart lighting project
The City of Newcastle is installing up to 350 smart city poles with LED lighting, Wi-Fi connectivity, audio speakers and CCTV cameras as part of Australia's largest smart lighting project to date. [ + ]
Griffith University opens crime analytics lab
Queensland's new social analytics laboratory at Griffith University's Mount Gravatt campus will provide researchers with access to anonymised crime data from the state police's QPRIME database. [ + ]
Skyfii secures SaaS contract with NMA
The National Museum of Australia will use data collection and analytics software to help better understand the visitor experience and tweak exhibits and patronage flow to suit visitor preferences. [ + ]
NT launches online water portal
The NT government aims to return transparency to water with a new online portal acting as a centralised repository for all water planning and extraction licensing information. [ + ]
Public Accounts committee holds cybersecurity hearing
The House Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit invited representatives of the ATO and DIBP to detail their progress addressing the gaps in their cyber resiliency, as uncovered in a recent audit. [ + ]
WA updates MyCouncil to track council spending
The WA government's MyCouncil local government portal has been updated to allow ratepayers to view and compare information such as how councils are raising and spending money. [ + ]
Digital Marketplace to support smart city collaboration
The federal government's Digital Marketplace has been upgraded to enable local councils to collaborate on smart city projects from their very inception. [ + ]
DIBP joins D2D CRC
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has joined the Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre as a participant. [ + ]