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    The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting over the weekend proved lucrative for IT, with the National e-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) receiving $218 million to continue its operations and state governments receiving an extra $807 million towards the federal government's computers in schools vision.

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    Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin has blasted the government for what appeared to be conflicting statements on whether national broadband network bid documents would be made available to members of parliament this week.

  • Rudd wants computer cooperation

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called for the NSW state government to toe the line on the federal plan to provide computers to all schools nationwide.

  • Aussie IT unions rise from the dead

    Australia's creaky technology unions have finally awoken from their long slumber and have started to throw their weight around.

  • All quiet at EDS Australia's union

    EDS Australia's heavily unionised workforce has not yet started airing any issues associated with the Texan outsourcing giant's US$13.9 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard, according to a key union representative.

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    In the year leading up to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's $43 billion National Broadband Network decision, a group of chief executives was quietly working away at winning over important members of federal cabinet to the merits of a digital economy.

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    Is this a marriage made in heaven? The federal government and shareholders at Australia's largest carrier certainly hope so.

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