Broadband providers Internode and iiNet have hit out against the Federal government's ISP-level content filtering initiative a scheme that could cripple Australia's high-speed internet access, according to one exec.
The government and industry groups have teamed up in a project designed to cut the amount of disputes that end in litigation in Australia's ICT industry.
Justice and Customs minister Chris Ellison moves into the Human Services portfolio but some critics claim his handling of the Customs IT debacle raises questions over his ability to manage large-scale projects.
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) budget was cut back five percent by the Treasurer Budget day; that money has been earmarked for filling defence funding "black holes".
Abolishing the previous government's national identity card dubbed the Access Card means Labor will save over AU$1 billion, according to the Federal budget.
I should have known better, but I was still a bit suprised to find absolutely zilch for broadband in the latest Howard-Costello Budget.
If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.
Communications minister Daryl Williams and his political foe Kate Lundy debate on a wide range of issues, including three most pressing problems facing Australia's ICT industry.
Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?
The biggest loser in this week's budget was broadband -- not one cent was allocated to improve infrastructure works. However, security was the winner with funding confirmed to fight intellectual property crime and cyber-terrorist attacks.
Centrelink, Australia's welfare payment organisation, deals with millions of transactions and billions of dollars every week. CIO John Wadeson recently spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the challenges of running one of the country's largest IT infrastructures.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
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In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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