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  • Qld treasurer defends Kaiser's pay

    Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser has defended the $450,000 National Broadband Network Company annual pay package for Premier Anna Bligh's outgoing chief of staff, saying he is a very talented man.

  • NBN Company hires CIO, govt chief

    The National Broadband Network Company has nabbed Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's chief of staff to be its new government relations and external affairs chief, as well as separately appointing a chief information officer.

  • NBN HQ may be spread between states

    National Broadband Network Company executive chairman Mike Quigley has told staff from Queensland Public Works and ICT Minister Robert Schwarten's department that it may not select a single state to become the central headquarters of the company.

  • Qld ICT campaign had no effect: Schwarten

    Queensland ICT Minister Robert Schwarten claimed today that the industry lobbying campaign carried out by the state's ICT Workgroup during Queensland's last election didn't have any effect.

  • Tech firms donate to NSW politicians

    Telstra, Optus, Microsoft, Deloitte and Macquarie Telecom donated thousands of dollars to NSW political parties in the second half of 2008, the state's Election Funding Authority has revealed.

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  • Where else but Queensland?

    Australia's IT industry needs to follow the example laid down in Queensland this week and band together to lobby for more government support instead of individual firms fruitlessly pushing their own campaigns.

  • Qld Govt: The usual ICT suspects

    Despite a changing of the guard in several influential departments and offices in the past 2-years (Health, Transport, Emergency Services, Police, Premier's, Public Works, and QGCIO, to name a few), the true identity of ICT influence in Queensland government still rests with the agency CIOs.

  • Qld's ICT industry needs a great campaign

    Rather than attempt to focus on the industry issues we should turn our attention to reminding everyday voters why they need our industry. Let's make the message of the ICT industry's first great campaign simple: no ICT industry, no business.

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