Spotlight on Federal Government Spotlight on Federal Government

Governments everywhere have come to realise that digital service delivery can be both more effective and less costly.

Which is why Australia’s Federal government established the Digital Transformation Agency to pave the way for an aggressive push into digital services.

iTnews has chronicled the resulting stream of new initiatives that change the way citizens and businesses work with government.

For this year’s benchmark we received entries from federal agencies detailing such efforts and showcasing how Canberra is not just talking technology, but using it to deliver outcomes that matter for Australians.

Commonwealth Bank phishing scam changes its MO

Commonwealth Bank phishing scam changes its MO

A new attack targeting Outlook users has morphed from trying to retrieve login credentials to attempting to infect users with fake anti-virus products.
Angela Moscaritolo Jun 4 2009 10:52AM Security
Amcom cautious of NBN role for fibre assets

Amcom cautious of NBN role for fibre assets

Amcom Telecom has held “very preliminary discussions” with Senator Conroy’s department around the NBN but is seeking further clarification before committing to vend in some of its dark fibre assets.
Ry Crozier Jun 3 2009 11:28AM Telco/ISP
Sharing generation faces Australia Card 3.0

Sharing generation faces Australia Card 3.0

The Facebook generation, unbowed by their parents' sense of privacy propriety, is fast-tracking a global "Australia Card", a Sydney biometrics conference heard yesterday.
Nate Cochrane May 29 2009 5:59AM Security
Huawei eyes NBN as local sales climb

Huawei eyes NBN as local sales climb

Networking vendor Huawei racked up some $327 million in contract sales locally last year, fuelled in part by strong growth in wireless.
Staff Writers May 28 2009 2:48PM Networking
NBNCo can't count on AAPT fibre assets

NBNCo can't count on AAPT fibre assets

AAPT remains unconvinced of the benefits of vending some of its fibre assets into the National Broadband Network in return for an equity stake.
Ry Crozier May 28 2009 2:44PM Telco/ISP
Email structure not properly managed

Email structure not properly managed

Companies should assess their needs for encryption before distributing it across all of their staff.
Dan Raywood May 28 2009 11:28AM Security
Telstra offers ‘spare’ backhaul to stave off duplication

Telstra offers ‘spare’ backhaul to stave off duplication

Telstra has proposed a radical way to introduce price competition on monopoly backhaul transmission routes by having the Government buy ’spare’ capacity from them and resell it, effectively subsidising the incumbent’s access fees.
Ry Crozier May 27 2009 12:31AM Telco/ISP
OECD report highlights strengths and flaws in NBN plan

OECD report highlights strengths and flaws in NBN plan

iTnews weighs up the Rudd Government's NBN plan against the OECD's latest advice on how governments should invest in the construction of national broadband networks.
Brett Winterford May 27 2009 12:09AM Telco/ISP
Rudd to pay $11 billion of $43 billion NBN

Rudd to pay $11 billion of $43 billion NBN

Communications minister Stephen Conroy has told Senate Estimates hearings that the Government will sink around $11 billion into the National Broadband Network, which is anticipated to cost up to $43 billion in total.
Ry Crozier May 26 2009 3:28PM Telco/ISP
Companies encouraged to look to efficient encryption when considering mass storage

Companies encouraged to look to efficient encryption when considering mass storage

People considering storage should look to encryption to ensure that what they store is secure.
Dan Raywood May 26 2009 9:58AM Security
Huge Canberra data centre courts anchor tenants

Huge Canberra data centre courts anchor tenants

Builders behind the Canberra Technology City data centre development say they will push ahead despite the Federal Government’s decision not to consolidate existing data centre facilities into one ‘super centre’.
Ry Crozier May 25 2009 11:12AM Networking
NBN plan sparks new facility for fibre specialists

NBN plan sparks new facility for fibre specialists

The announcement of a homegrown National Broadband Network (NBN) has spurred on local fibre optics company Warren and Brown to build a $4.1m R&D and distribution facility in Melbourne.
Brett Winterford May 22 2009 2:25PM Telco/ISP
ACCC hearts NBN, predicts end to Foxtel monopoly

ACCC hearts NBN, predicts end to Foxtel monopoly

ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel has given the Federal Government's National Broadband Network plan a big thumbs up, endorsing structural separation and predicting the end of Foxtel's dominance of Pay TV.
Brett Winterford May 21 2009 6:05PM Telco/ISP
NBN $43 billion cost has lots of padding

NBN $43 billion cost has lots of padding

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has revealed the actual cost of the NBN is expected to be “significantly lower” than $43 billion, especially if industry players like Telstra trade their infrastructure for equity.
Staff Writers May 19 2009 5:30PM Telco/ISP
Minchin rebuked by Expert Panel 'whistleblowers'

Minchin rebuked by Expert Panel 'whistleblowers'

Opposition Senator Nick Minchin has dubbed members of the NBN Expert Panel 'whistleblowers', quoting controversial comments the panelists have made in public forums.
Brett Winterford , Ben Grubb May 19 2009 5:30PM Telco/ISP
Rudd to spend $16m training NBN engineers

Rudd to spend $16m training NBN engineers

The Rudd Government has announced it will invest $16.15 million in a training facility for networking engineering students at the Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE (GippsTAFE).
Jenny Eagle May 19 2009 3:37PM Networking
Optus calls for Telstra split by 2010

Optus calls for Telstra split by 2010

Optus has made a submission to the Federal Government's review of telecommunications regulation calling for Telstra to be structurally separated by 2010.
Brett Winterford May 19 2009 3:09PM Telco/ISP
NAB trials off-grid power and Kyoto cooling in data centre

NAB trials off-grid power and Kyoto cooling in data centre

The National Australia Bank (NAB) is trialling radical power generation and cooling technologies in its data centre after being disappointed with the lack of power savings yielded from server virtualisation.
Brett Winterford May 19 2009 6:01AM Storage
Alcatel-Lucent appoints its own NBN voice

Alcatel-Lucent appoints its own NBN voice

Telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent has promoted its former head of access network activity, John Turner, to lead an internal ‘NBN taskforce’.
Ry Crozier May 18 2009 2:37PM Telco/ISP
Minchin tries FOI to access NBN Expert Panel report

Minchin tries FOI to access NBN Expert Panel report

Opposition Senator Nick Minchin has submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request in an attempt to expose to the public both the Expert Panel report and accompanying ACCC report into the failed National Broadband Network tender.
Brett Winterford May 18 2009 1:27PM Telco/ISP

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