The City of Prospect is a small municipality in the state of South Australia with a population of only 20,000, but it has big ambitions that are being recognized internationally.
For the sixth time in eight years, Prospect was listed in the Top 21 Intelligent Communities in the world by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).
Technology is not inherently good or evil, but the outcomes may be, writes Dr Greg Ogle, in this article which calls on the not-for-profit sector to get in front of the issues.
There is no doubt that digital technology is changing the economy and society. Some, like World Economic Forum founder, Klaus Schwab, see it as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (the first three being: steam powered mechanical production in the late 18th century; mass production fostered by electricity and the production line from the late 19th century; and computerised technology, from the 1960s mainframes to the advent of the internet in the 1990s).
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Last month, I was proud to unveil Australia's first ever Digital Transformation Strategy, which will revolutionise the delivery of government services over the next seven years and ensure we remain a world leader for digital government.
The strategy sets out a bold and detailed plan on how we intend to achieve our goals and was backed by a roadmap containing more than $1.5 billion worth of fully funded digital initiatives that will be rolled out over the next two years.
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Smart furniture sensors enable council to access information on the daily use of public spaces and obtain data for more efficient maintenance and waste services: Mayor Greene
Georges River Council is taking the wrappers off integrated smart city technologies - including the rollout of IT-enabled ChillOUT hubs and furniture sensors - in a bid to “continue to innovate”, according to Mayor Kevin Greene.
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Australia has published a Digital Transformation Strategy, setting out its objective of allowing citizens to access all government services digitally by 2025. The goal, it says, is to ensure that government is “easy to deal with”; “informed by” citizens; and “fit for the digital age”.
The strategy makes clear that it is dependent on the successful completion of the federal government’s project to create a digital identity system for users, work on which is already under way. With that in place, Australians using their digital ID will be able to opt-in to receive personalised services, alerting them to their eligibility for different services and providing reminders of when payments are due.
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