Industry News
Queensland allocates $40m for digital transformation
Allocation will help develop a central portal for access to government services, a digital archive solution and more. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
DIBP joins D2D CRC
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has joined the Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre as a participant. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
Qld reveals details of planned Data Sharing office
Queensland's planned new Data Sharing and Analytics Office will act as an expanded version of the CITEC Information Brokerage. [ + ]
NZ considers census modernisation
New Zealand will spend NZ$4.5 million over the next three years in an effort to find new ways of gathering census information. [ + ]
Perth launches collaborative map for public works
Hailed by one smart city expert as "cutting edge", a new mapping-based system is designed to reduce congestion and duplication issues associated with infrastructure projects. [ + ]
Data Integration Partnership for Australia established
The government has revealed plans to spend $130.8m over three years to establish data analytics teams tasked with using data to improve program and policy decision-making. [ + ]
Outback Qld internet speeds up
Internet speeds will be increased in outback Queensland with the implementation of a $16.5 fibre-optic network. [ + ]
