The Palaszczuk Government will connect state-owned optical fibre to the North Queensland Regional Data Centre to provide better internet for up to half a million people.
Innovation Minister Kate Jones today announced the government would provide $350,000 to Townsville City Council to connect the NQRDC to the QCN Fibre network to create the jobs of the future in North Queensland.
Read more: AU: Queensland: Palaszczuk Government set to deliver better internet in Townsville
In politics, when you have little to show for your achievements, you can release a "roadmap" for what will supposedly be achieved in the future.
You can look on the bright side. Use phrases such as "ontology of capabilities", and disregard a number of crashes, traffic jams, protests and policy detours.
We've dropped from 9th most competitive to 14th.
Australian business is falling behind its competitors in digital preparedness in a global survey of economies that found the nation dropped from 9th most competitive in 2015 to 14th this year.
The ranking, produced by the Switzerland based IMD World Competitiveness Centre, found Australian businesses rated 45 for digital agility out of the 63 countries surveyed.
It’s official: the success of the Rockhampton Region is going global.
The region was recognised with an Asia-Pacific Leading Smart City Award at a recent international conference in China.
Rockhampton Region Mayor Margaret Strelow said Council’s commitment to embracing a digital future and building a Smart Regional Centre was clearly paying off.
Read more: AU: Central Queensland: Rocky recognised as Smart City leader
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.
Read more: Australia and Vietnam to collaborate on e-government and digital transformation