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IBM settles with Australian government over e-health contract
IBM and the National E-Health Transition Authority have settled a dispute over the termination of a key AU$24 million contract.
Tasmania to get AU$28m whole-of-government IT fund
The Tasmanian government will spend AU$28 million over the next four years on a number of projects aimed at overhauling government IT systems in the Apple Isle.
Government to dock pay of Qld Health workers
The Queensland government will begin to automatically dock the pay of health workers to recoup overpayments arising from the Queensland Health payroll debacle involving an IBM payroll system.
Coalition's NBN accounting 'more honest': Hockey
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has defended the Coalition's decision to keep the NBN off budget if it wins government in September.
Australian government signs up to Open Government Partnership
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced that Australia will sign onto the Open Government Partnership.
Australian government quietly ends laptops in schools program
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has confirmed that year 9 to year 12 students in 2013 will be the last to receive laptops under the current scheme.
ACMA goes public with ISP malware statistics
Although ISPs and network operators have had access to the rough figures of malware infections for some time, the Australian Communications and Media Authority has now begun publishing the statistics for the public.
Boring budgets best for tech
I am beginning to wonder whether boring budgets are best for the tech sector and the wider economy.
Conroy claims first major apartment block is NBN ready
The Australian government is promoting one of the first major new apartment blocks connected to the NBN; however, it will not face the same issues that other apartment blocks have had connecting to the NBN.
Australian government to educate agencies on internet filter notices
The Australian government has said it will work with government agencies to ensure Section 313 requests to block websites are "properly targeted".
Reckless Oz regulator runs roughshod over rights
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission censored a website it alleges was part of a scam — plus 1,200 others as collateral damage. An apology is nowhere near enough.
ASIC's accidental block exposes secret internet filtering scheme
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission accidentally blocked thousands of websites in seeking to block a fraud-related website, in turn exposing the secret internet filter in operation in Australia.
Audit finds WA unis fail to fix known security weaknesses
An independent audit has found that many of Western Australia's universities and state training providers have failed to resolve the cheap and easy-to-fix information system weaknesses that they were informed about in previous years.
Australian Budget 2013: Canning the internet filter saves AU$4.5m
Abandoning the controversial internet filter will see the Australian government save AU$4.5 million.
Australian Budget 2013: IT system tweaks, expansions, and new centres
Despite the tough economic times, there were a number of big IT winners in this year's federal Budget.