The Victorian Minister for Information and Communications Technology John Lender announced the cluster at an Australian Information Industry Group event yesterday. He revealed the new Victorian-based cluster is comprised of the Australian Information Industry Association, Box Hill Institute, CSC, KPMG, Prima Consulting and Tradeslot.
"This new cluster brings together six industry and government organisations with industry knowledge, giving companies an excellent opportunity to share knowledge and promote industry capability nationally and internationally," Lenders said in a press release.
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Tasmania is at the frontier of opportunities offered by the National Broadband Network (NBN), with the first nodes soon to be rolled out in Smithton, Scottsdale and Midway Point.
“Those opportunities will transform the way we do business, and drive our economy to new heights,” Mr Bartlett said.
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he role of CIOs in government will change in the wake of the Rudd government accepting the Government 2.0 Taskforce reforms, according to a new report from analyst firm, Ovum.
According to the report Australian reform blueprint underpins e-government aspirations, key recommendations from the taskforce as outlined in Ahead of the Game: Blueprint for Reform will "be music to the ears of agency CIOs and those long suffering souls on the frontline of e-government". The taskforce recommended nine overall reforms to reduce red tape and increase transparency between government agencies, citizens and businesses.
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With just one parliamentary sitting week left to get the Bill through the Senate before 1 July, Australian Privacy Foundation's chair of the health sub committee Dr Juanita Fernando said the lack of communication surrounding the planned implementation was a cause for concern.
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Members of United General Practice Australia (UGPA) - the Rural Doctors Association of Australia, the Australian General Practice Network, The Australian Medical Association, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and General Practice Registrars Australia - want to see health identifiers become a routine part of medical practice.
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