South Australia is following NSW and Victoria down the path of cashless smart card ticketing for public transport, with AU$29 million laid out in its budget over three years to kick start the system.
The New South Wales State Government has no plans to consolidate its existing shared services agency BusinessLink with the new division, ServiceFirst, which the Government quietly set up over the past few months to provide similar services to different agencies.
Adelaide has formed a shortlist of vendors for its electronic ticketing tender that have been invited to participate in a tender process.
South Australia's network of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges has revealed itself as the latest education institution to plan a move to hosted email solution for staff and students.
The South Australian state government late last week called for companies to express their interest in building its planned new public transport ticketing system.
It's state budget time across the country, and this week's episode of Patch Monday looks to see what each state is doing in terms of its IT spend.
IT often promises the government much with the big pull being productivity gains and cost savings, but does the government think about IT in the terms of something that will cure its ills or something which could backfire and give it process diarrhea for a decade?
The Pirate Party of Australia should forget about trying to win a Senate seat in the Federal Government and instead focus its sights on even lower hanging fruit. I speak, of course, of the state governments.
The long-term net impact of Gershon's idealistic review will realistically be negligible at best and at worst will prove to be a distraction for years to come.
The chief information officer of Healthscope tells us why, despite a stakeholder bent for an SAP or Oracle supply chain and financial system, the Australian healthcare giant opted for Queensland-based vendor Technology One instead.
Demand for IT executives in June fell by 26 percent compared to May, cancelling out the gains made in the earlier month, according to E.L. Consult.
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