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A Government-sponsored report that measures the uptake of government services through varying communication channels has found that a quarter of all Australians now conduct the majority or their dealings with government online.

The report, Australians' Use of and Satisfaction with e-Government Services – 2007, set out to provide an overview of the range and uptake of e-government services. Amongst its key findings, the report discovered that although the most common way of contacting government remains in person, this has steadily declined over the past three years: from 46 percent in 2004–05 and 43 percent in 2006, to 37 percent in 2007.

The state of Western Australia (WA) is Australia’s largest, covering an enormous area that truly brings to life the “tyranny of distance”. But now, a new broadband communications network in WA aims to bring comms in the bush firmly into the 21st century – at last!

The Australian Federal Labor Government has worked with the WA State Labor Government to deliver on a $9.3 million ‘Clever Networks Program’ to improve telecommunications networks in Western Australia.

A web-based records system is set to link all major public hospitals in South Australia, as part of the state government's health reform programme

A new web-based information system is set to give nurses and midwives in South Australia (SA) instant access to patient records. The technology, developed by Sydney-based Emerging Systems and commissioned by the state government of South Australia, will be used to integrate patient records across the public hospital system to help improve the speed, accuracy and hence the safety of healthcare delivery.

To integrate with health comms system

Remote area emergency and health services are being enhanced through a $A21.28 million broadband development project jointed funded by the Commonwealth and Western Australian governments.

Announced today by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, said the Bush Medivac Western Australia project will deliver improved emergency and health services to Australians living in regional and remote areas by providing state-of-art terrestrial and non-terrestrial broadband network infrastructure.

Canberra still doesn't understand the importance of ICT to all aspects of Australian life and development

The team has been chosen for the 2020 Summit. When Canberra plays host to 1000 participants on April 19 and 20, the ICT industry (our industry), will be represented by a mere handful of people.

Where are our flag wavers?