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• New Qld IT contracting model emerges

  The Queensland Government Chief Procurement Office reached a preliminary agreement this week with the state's IT contracting industry on a new model to achieve the government's saving aims, according to the Australian Information Industry Association.

• Adam plucks first SA WiMax apple

  South Australian internet service provider, Adam Internet, has turned on its first WiMax tower, an effort its chieftain Scott Hicks described as a "minor miracle".

• Conroy's broadband forum to cost $500k

  A conference to be held at the University of New South Wales on the future of fast broadband will cost taxpayers $528,000.

• Xenophon backs Telstra split

  Independent senator Nick Xenophon over the weekend said he backed a structural separation of communication giant Telstra as long as regional Australia got a fair deal.

• Tanner claims Gershon victory

  Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner today said the government had found an additional $430 million in projected savings from its annual IT spend, meaning it had satisfied the Gershon Review's target of shaving off $1 billion a year.

• Telstra shareholders fear break up: Video

  What do Telstra shareholders think of the telco's new CEO David Thodey? And would they support the government's plan to separate Telstra? ZDNet.com.au asked shareholders these questions at the company's annual general meeting this week.

• Kiwi TV spectrum could be wireless broadband

  The New Zealand Government is considering plans to use analog TV frequencies to provide wireless broadband to rural areas, Communications Minister Steven Joyce told the Korea Australia New Zealand (KANZ) Broadband Summit in Auckland yesterday.

• Oz Pirate Party slams 'secret' IP talks

  The newly formed Australian Pirate Party came out swinging yesterday with a release criticising the international discussions currently being held in Korea to cement an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

• The end of Kaz: Fujitsu kills brand name

  From Friday, Fujitsu's Kaz and Supply Chain brands would cease to exist, being relabelled as Fujitsu, the company said today.

• When angry Telstra shareholders attack

  Telstra shareholders travelled from far and wide to vent their frustrations as owners and customers to the telco's chairperson, Catherine Livingstone and chief David Thodey.

• Govt reveals Dec broadband forum

  The Federal Government today revealed it had organised what it described as a "major forum" on the future of Australia's digital economy in the wake of the construction of the National Broadband Network.

• Thodey warns challenging times ahead

  At Telstra's annual general meeting today, the telco's chief executive David Thodey today said it was facing challenging times as it sought to leverage its position as a "great Australian company" in the face of proposed legislation to split up its operations.

• Telstra workers to strike from Friday

  Telstra workers will strike after negotiations with the company's management over enterprise bargaining agreements reached a deadlock, its main union said today.

• Professor issues proprietary e-health warning

  A health informatics professor from Sydney University today said Australia's e-health systems should be strictly open source rather than using proprietary software.

• Centrelink scans its way to $131.3m

  Centrelink will save $131.3 million over four years by scanning documents instead of keeping them in hard copy, according to the government's mid-year and economic fiscal outlook released yesterday.

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