Queensland Education and Training Minister, Geoff Wilson said Milton State School, Rocklea State School and Milpera State High School, had sustained extensive damage after being inundated by floodwaters. “Despite…
Royal commission inquiry into flood crisis
By Angela Dorizas The unprecedented flood crisis in Queensland will be the subject of an independent commission of inquiry, Premier Anna Bligh has announced. With the powers of a Royal Commission,…
Disaster assistance extended across Southern Queensland
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has announced that flood assistance grants and concessional loans for primary producers and small businesses have now been extended to the local government areas across the…
NSW releases metropolitan plan for Sydney
The Metropolitan Plan incorporates a funded $50.2 billion Metropolitan Transport Plan and to ensure the sustainable growth of Sydney. According to the NSW Government the plan sets the housing…
NT Police to increase CCTV presence
By Lilia Guan NT Police are in the planning stages of expanding CCTV into smaller suburbs and filling blind spots in existing areas. Shane Moten, system administrator at…
NSW Ombudsman calls for state-wide asbestos removal program
By Angela Dorizas New South Wales Ombudsman Bruce Barbour today called for a state-wide asbestos removal plan, commencing with government buildings. Following a two-year investigation into asbestos-related issues, Mr Barbour…
EnergyAustralia connects with Cisco
EnergyAustralia has chosen Cisco’s Connected Grid solutions as the infrastructure platform for the delivery of a range services in its substations across its electricity network. The networking vendor introduced the…
Lack of infrastructure hampering NSW
By Lilia Guan Infrastructure shortages are hampering the growth of New South Wales, claimed Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell at the Property Council of Australia's (NSW) Great Growth Debate, held this…
Public building reaches for the stars
By Katrina Ganin William McCormack Place, a six-star rated government building in Cairns, North Queensland, was fully completed in July last year. Created in a two-stage process the building is…
Technology must fulfill the business outcome sought
By Lilia Guan Governement 2.0 deals with a wide range of issues, from increasing the complexity of government ICT through to making it easier and more cost effective for…