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• Firefighting tech so useful it might be turned off

  ​The mobile data terminals (MDTs) that have been rolled out across New South Wales are proving so popular that Fire and Rescue officials are considering temporarily shutting them off to test firefighters’ ability to cope without them.

• Aussies lost $340M to scams last year

  Australians lost $340 million to scammers in 2017, a $40 million increase on the year before, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said on Monday.

• States step out to woo Google HQ

  After the NSW government scuppered Google’s plan to establish a headquarters in Sydney CBD, politicians from other states are stepping out to woo the tech giant.

• Up your tech game, Aussies tell all levels of government in survey

  ​The Australian public wants Commonwealth, state and local governments to up their game in using technology to deliver services to customers.

• Dominello: NSW Government agency funding to be data-driven

  The New South Wales government's new Minister for Finance, Services and Property, Victor Dominello MP, will use his place on the Expenditure Review Committee (ERC) to push for a data-driven approach to financing agencies, he said today.

• CIO sought for Victorian Gov's $81M digital services initiative

  A CIO is being sought to implement the Victorian Government’s $81 million digital initiative, Service Victoria.

• Two rural utilities seek CIOs

  ​Two utilities are seeking CIOs: Essential Energy in New South Wales and Southern Rural Water in Victoria.

• Government ICT spend to reach $6.2 billion by 2018

  Australian Government ICT spending is set to reach $6.2 billion by 2018, with 1.7 per cent five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by 2017, according to IDC research. ICT spend is the largest category for government spend, and has become a central theme in state government service transformation roadmaps.

• Auditor-general releases damning report into Victorian govt IT spend

  Victoria’s auditor-general has found that around 35 per cent of the 1249 ICT projects active across the state government since 2011 went over budget and a third were yet to be completed.

• Adelaide taps Internet of Things with launch of innovation hub

  The mayor of Adelaide has predicted that the Internet of Things will bring “huge efficiencies” to Australia’s fifth largest city.

• Business as usual for miners after WA poll

  Australia's biggest resources companies will continue to enjoy the support of a conservative West Australian government, industry commentators say.

• Grantly Mailes to drive Coalition ICT strategy in Victoria

  The former first CIO of the South Australian government has been named the first 'chief technology advocate' of Victoria.