More than 400,000 Queensland homes and businesses have access to the network so far, with another 600,000 to be added this year.
The National Broadband Network could add $400 million a year to Queensland’s economy, a new study reveals.
Analysis of the impact high-speed internet connection will have on the bottom line of businesses forecasts a 1.8 per cent lift in GDP. But companies remain frustrated at the time the program is taking to reach them.
Time-poor Australians juggling caring for their children and elderly parents are among the most likely to access health services from home, a new report has found.
The study, commissioned by the National Broadband Network (NBN), found that 90 per cent of those 'sandwiched' between caring for the two generations delayed trips to the GP in a bid to save time and money and avoid days off work.
Telco is transforming its IT operation to make better use of the cloud, data and application programming interfaces
Australia’s Telstra is transforming the IT infrastructure that supports its businesses-to-business (B2B) unit. The project will see the overall company become cloud first with a focus on better use of data application programming interfaces (APIs).
Read more: Telstra is transforming Australian IT infrastructure
The man heading up Australia's digital government transformation talks to Computer Weekly about the progress his department has made in its first year
They may be small capabilities in the morass that is Australia’s government IT, but the beta releases of several core e-government services in March and April 2016 will mark an important milestone for Paul Shetler, the man hand-picked by the country’s prime minister to drag its public service IT into the digitally focused 21st century.
Read more: Australia’s digital transformation head Paul Shetler marks a first year
The Prime Minister’s announcement on Monday 7 December of a National Innovation and Science Agenda is a welcome development.
However, the challenge will be for the government to turnaround our National Innovation System (NIS) which has been steadily in decline for some time.
As outlined in the Prime Minister’s statement, Australia has many world class businesses, universities and research organisations. However, Australia ranks at the bottom of the OECD group of advanced nations in relation to university-industry collaboration.