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Digital Inclusion is improving but improvements are not evenly shared by all Australians. Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2021
November 3, 2021 Comments Off on Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2021The Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2021 index found that overall, digital inclusion at the national level is improving, the number of Australians who are highly excluded has declined but remains substantial, with 11% of the [...] -
Gold Coast Open Data Portal
September 3, 2021 Comments Off on Gold Coast Open Data PortalThe City of Gold Coast has launched a comprehensive Open Data Portal to provide easy access to the Citys published GIS data, including environmental, parks and recreation, stormwater, water and sewer, planning and buildng, and [...] -
Vienna’s Strategy for Sustainable Development Vienna launches Smart City Framework Strategy
June 14, 2021 Comments Off on Vienna launches Smart City Framework StrategyResource efficiency and the climate crisis are key issues Vienna is tackling with its innovative Smart City strategy. Vienna has long been working on sustainable urban development, resulting in Vienna being voted the world’s most livable [...] -
Performance of Australian Local Government Areas Smart Cities Down Under
March 2, 2020 Comments Off on Smart Cities Down UnderQueensland University of Technology has recently released its Smart Cities Down Under report, revealing the top 60 ranking local government areas in the country. North Sydney ranked number one, with New South Wales accounting for the top [...] -
Connected Hobart
October 3, 2019 Comments Off on Connected HobartDrones that warn of approaching bushfires, automated language translators to assist international visitors, and driverless public transport networks are part of a vision to make Hobart one of Australia’s most connected cities. The City of [...]
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Smart City Project encourages collaboration between the public and private sectors Dubai Smart city paradigm
September 7, 2015 Comments Off on Dubai Smart city paradigmIn 2014 Dubai unveiled its strategy become one of the smartest cities in the world. The Dubai: a new paradigm for smart cities report by KPMG provides insight into Dubai’s smart city project and draws on examples from [...] -
Accelerating innovation to grow the Western Australian economy West Australia Launches Innovation Strategy
November 2, 2016 Comments Off on West Australia Launches Innovation StrategyThe West Australian Government has launched its first ever Innovation Strategy. The plan is underpinned by the State Government’s $20 million innovation fund announced in the 2016/17 budget and promotes Western Australia as a ‘great place [...] -
Canberra seeks more energy efficient smart street lighting Canberra’s Smart Street Lights
September 15, 2016 Comments Off on Canberra’s Smart Street LightsThe ACT Government is seeking innovative proposals for the management of Canberra’s streetlight network to deliver improved cost and energy efficiencies. This model for maintaining the publicly-owned streetlight network was developed in consultation with industry [...] -
New WA Whole of Government Digital Security Policy WA’s new Digital Security Policy
May 26, 2016 Comments Off on WA’s new Digital Security PolicyThe West Australian government has announced a new Whole of Government Digital Security Policy. Launched by Minister for Innovation on 25 May 2016, the Digital Security Policy will provide direction for the adoption and maintenance of security [...] -
Creating a Cyber Smart Nation Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy
April 21, 2016 Comments Off on Australia’s Cyber Security StrategyAustralia’s new Cyber Security Strategy aims to boost Australia’s cyber security capacity and capabilities. “Australia’s networks and systems will be increasingly resilient to attack and hard to compromise. We will better detect, deter and respond to [...]