Stories by Chloe Herrick

The Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) has allocated $21 million to the National E-Health Transition Authority’s (NEHTA) for the final scope of the national e-health record system.

With 40 retail service providers (RSP) now signed on to offer National Broadband Network (NBN) services, NBN Co has flagged plans to significantly raise public awareness of the network.

Optus has appointed a former chief of staff to the then Rudd Government, David Epstein, as its new director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, effective on 23 April.

The Federal Government has launched a $5 million facility at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) for nurses and midwives to train with robot patients.

NBN Co has detailed a three-year plan to roll out the National Broadband Network (NBN) to 3.5 million premises across Australia by June 2015.

The Federal Government has confirmed it will provide incentives for GPs to participate in its $467 million national e-health record system, scheduled to go live on 1 July, following a prolonged period of lobbying by industry.

As CIO of the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC), Ian Brightwell has been pivotal in the agency’s journey towards electronic voting over recent years.

Australian software vendor TechnologyOne has appointed former NetSuite employee, Ken Bartlett, as general manager for its new enterprise Cloud platform.

NBN Co’s Townsville first release sites for the National Broadband Network (NBN) suffered severe damage last week after a mini tornado hit the area.

NBN Co has inked a $300 million construction and maintenance contract with Visionstream Australia for the complete rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Tasmania.

The suitability and accessibility of the Federal Government’s Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) system for the elderly has been brought into question by a Senate committee investigating cyber safety for senior Australians.

The Australian Red Cross has won a competitive $10 million grant from Microsoft Australia which will enable it to revamp its aging IT fleet and modernise IT functions across the organisation.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has undergone a senior management reshuffle, with Bill Morrow to take over from Nigel Dews as chief executive.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeking a new deputy CIO ‘Transformation’ after former CIO, Carsten Larsen, moved into a general management role with the communications regulator.

Telstra has confirmed it is a third of the way through restoring a 100-fibre line cable in the Hunter Valley after it was deliberately cut, downing services in the region.