The Australian Government has joined forces with Vietnam in an agreement that will allow each country to share their “digital transformation experience”.
On behalf of the Digital Transformation Agency, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Vietnam Office of the Government in Hanoi.
Weiterlesen: Australia and Vietnam to collaborate on e-government and digital transformation
Australia ranks last for affordable broadband internet among developed nations, and experts say it’s yet more evidence that the taxpayer-funded National Broadband Network (NBN) is failing to deliver for consumers and the economy.
Rankings compiled by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library and released this week revealed that Australia places 36th – last – when it comes to broadband affordability in OECD nations.
Weiterlesen: AU: ‘We are paying more for less’: How the slow and expensive NBN is failing the nation
Highly affordable mobile internet has propelled Australia to the top of a global ‘digital quality of life’ index despite the nation’s beleaguered broadband network delivering some of the world’s slowest internet speeds.
Australia was ranked first out of 65 countries in the 2019 Digital Quality of Life (DQL) index released this week by internet privacy company Surfshark.
Weiterlesen: Digital quality of life: Australia tops rankings despite ‘third-world’ broadband
Australia touts new '4D' modelling of infrastructure as boon for region's urban planning.
Australia is integrating new technologies into its urban centres and one of the projects that showcase this urban development innovation is "Data61".
Weiterlesen: AU: City planning goes virtual with 'digital twin' tech
The Australian city is partnering with newDemocracy, a leading foundation working in citizen participation, to design and oversee the jury process.
Sydney has sent out invitations to 15,000 random households in its hunt to involve “50 everyday people” in a citizens’ jury to feed into its new long-term plan, Sydney 2050.
Weiterlesen: AU: Sydney to assemble citizen jury to help shape future city plan