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• Health, Police win out in QLD 2011-12 Budget ICT spending

  Despite being hit by severe floods and cyclones in the past year, the Queensland Government’s 2011-12 budget still includes a sizeable ICT spending for the coming year.

• Regional QLD to go digital by December

  The Federal Government has announced the digital switchover date for regional Queensland, with the switch to digital-only television to occur on the 6 December this year.
  

• Telstra warns Queenslanders to beware of scammers

  As if floods, cyclones and a tourism industry in tatters weren't enough, North Queenslanders are now having to fend off attacks of a different kind — from scammers. Telstra has issued a warning to North Queensland residents to be cautious when responding to emails or phone calls from organisations asking for personal details, following reports of emails and phone call scams.

• Queensland looks to NBN for service relocation

  The Queensland Government has flagged a potential relocation of key state government services to regional centres as a means of maximising the benefits afforded by the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout.

• Bligh replaces ICT minister in Qld reshuffle

  Queensland Labor MP Simon Finn has been named as minister for ICT as part of a cabinet reshuffle in the state government announced by state Premier Anna Bligh this week.
  

• Far north Queensland mobile services to be restored soon

  Telstra will restore mobile services in Queensland within 24 hours following the damage caused by Cyclone Yasi in the far north of the state.
  

• Telstra, Vodafone report effects of cyclone Yasi

  Telstra has set about assessing the initial impact of cyclone Yasi on its network and the safety of its staff in North Queensland.

• Sirius (ASX:SIU) unit wins $300k contract expansion

  Software and services company InfoMaster, a subsidiary of Sirius (ASX:SIU), has secured a $300m contract expansion from the Queensland transport department

• Greens offer rival cyber-safety policy

  The Australian Greens has released its own cyber-safety policy to rival that of the two major parties, with the central planks being an obligation for ISPs to offer PC- or modem-based filtering technology to customers, stronger cybercrime law enforcement and better research and education in the field.

• iseek launches $44m QLD data centre

  Queensland data centre operator iSeek has opened a $44m facility in Brisbane that has been designed to be energy efficient

• QLD court approves TPG-PIPE merger

  PIPE shares will now be transferred to TPG on March 31

• QLD files charges against two mining companies

  MMG Century and Birla Mt Gordon charged over allegations of environmental harm

• HP TRIM wins Qld govt records management deal

  The Public Trustee of Queensland has selected HP TRIM software to provide electronic records management for some 500 end-users.