Ms Roxon told the Health-e-Nation conference in Canberra that the Federal Government was determined to build a connected, secure and efficient health system.
A spokesman for Attorney-General Robert McClelland said transitional arrangements were under way, and capital works to accommodate the national CERT had begun.
In the May budget, Mr McClelland allocated $6.2 million to bring together AusCERT and the government's internal capability, GovCERT, in a single entity to operate within Defence's new Cyber Security Operations Centre.
Bill Ferris, chairman of the fund's advisory board, has backed the creation of electronic health records as "essential" to improving Australia's health system. "If we fund everything else and not this, it might result in lots of shiny engines and carriages rattling along different gauge health system tracks across the nation."
Visiting Wellington, the Assistant Treasurer announced the formalisation of the Memorandum of Understanding on Standard Business Reporting (MOU SBR) with his New Zealand counterpart, the Hon Simon Power, New Zealand Minister of Commerce.
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After it was clear their previous $4.7 billion broadband plan was a dismal failure, it was reported Kevin Rudd and the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, dreamt up this $43 billion plan while on two flights between Sydney and Canberra in April.
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