By Julian Bajkowski Australia’s elite combat forces serving in regions including Afghanistan could soon be issued devices like iPhones and iPads as standard kit for fighting wars as the military…
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NBN offers big maintenance savings: BIS Shrapnel
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Economic forecasting and industrial research house BIS Shrapnel has estimated that junking Australia’s existing copper phone lines for optical fibre-to-the-home under the National Broadband…
Microsoft gouges government on pricing
By Julian Bajkowski The federal government could soon usher in sweeping changes to the way it buys hundreds of millions of dollars of software from technology giants like Microsoft to…
Smoke blown out of public contracts
By Paul Hemsley The Australian workplace institution of the ‘smoko’ is set to be stubbed out for contract workers on government jobs. Clauses that ban smoking in government tender contracts…
Designers wanted for radioactive dump
By Julian Bajkowski The federal government has wasted no time in pushing ahead with its plans to build a highly controversial radioactive waste dump in Australia, issuing a tender for…
Cloud shopping catalogue by November
By Julian Bajkowski The federal government has moved one step closer to allowing agencies to access cloud computing services after the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) issued an invitation…
AG wants security industry regulation
By Paul Hemsley Plans to regulate the private security industry in dealing with government were outlined by Federal Attorney General, Nicola Roxon. Ms Roxon gave a talk at the ASIAL…
Government saves $13b in business dealings
Minister for Finance and Deregulation Senator Penny Wong said the Federal Government has reshaped its approach to public sector spending, to include efficient delivery, improved organisational efficiency, removing duplication and…
Govt warns of refrigerant gas price gouging
The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet was concerned that prices being circulated by wholesale refrigerant gas suppliers show significant hikes unrelated to carbon pricing. In…
Defence health signs up Medibank
Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will receive healthcare services from Medibank Health Solutions (MHS) following a four year $1.3 billion contract. Following a competitive tender process, MHF will deliver a…