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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 has set about assessing the initial impact of cyclone Yasi on its network and the safety of its staff in North Queensland.
Software and services company InfoMaster, a subsidiary of Sirius (ASX:SIU), has secured a $300m contract expansion from the Queensland transport department
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.
Queensland data centre operator iSeek has opened a $44m facility in Brisbane that has been designed to be energy efficient
PIPE shares will now be transferred to TPG on March 31
MMG Century and Birla Mt Gordon charged over allegations of environmental harm
The Public Trustee of Queensland has selected HP TRIM software to provide electronic records management for some 500 end-users.