Queensland Health has fired its chief information officer Paul Summergreene, following reports in June that he was being investigated over expense claims.
Queensland power generator Stanwell Corporation has put itself in the market for a chief information officer after letting the position lapse.
The Queensland state government has started looking for a high-level technology chieftain to lead its whole of government Technology Transformation Program.
High-flying Australian IT executive Paul Summergreene has surfaced in Canberra, commencing work consulting to the health sector after losing his spot as Queensland Health chief information officer in July.
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Queensland interim state government CIO Peter Grant and CTO Bob Gurnett tell ZDNet Australia they're making progress on statewide ICT reforms announced last year.
Acting Queensland Health CIO Ray Brown has been appointed to permanently fill the chief information officer role.
Ray Brown stepped in two weeks ago as the latest chief information officer for Queensland Health, hoping to bring some stability to a division that has seen a number of faces move through the head technology spot in quick succession.
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.
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.
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