The University of Queensland is playing broadband Santa Claus to nearby schools, with its new service UQSchoolsNet.
WA is hoping local students will develop a new love for IT, with the announcement of AU$30,000 in funding for hands-on programs to boost school pupils' enthusiasm for computer science.
The latest round of the government's Clever Networks funding will see a AU$4.5 million grant given to a Northern Territory satellite broadband scheme.
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