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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 Network will deliver network maintenance savings of between $600 million to $700 million a year. BIS Shrapnel’s estimates predict a reduction of up to 70 […]
20 August, 2012
Putting out fires with mapping technology
Mapping technology used in last year's Queensland flood disasters is being used to help South Australia’s Country Fire Service (CFS) volunteers. The CFS has been working with location intelligence vendor Esri Australia to develop a Geographic Information System (GIS) solution that uses multi-layered digital maps to provide front-line crews with detailed information as emergency […]
27 April, 2012
Victoria floods $19.3m into warning systems
By Paul Hemsley Water minister Peter Walsh said the $12.1 million Floodzoom tool will be built to improve communications to communities that are situated in areas that flood. “It will give emergency services a more accurate prediction of flood behaviour and help individual land holders assess their own flood risk,” the minister said. […]
3 May, 2011
Victoria gives councils $2.2 million
Minister for Local Government Jeanette Powell said the Victorian Coalition Government has made a further $2.2 million in relief payments available. The payment comes under the $5 million Local Government Clean Up Fund to assist communities clean up, recover and rebuild. Mrs Powell said $1.6 million in payments was provided in January and […]
4 March, 2011
ALGA wants Federal Budget to focus on infrastructure
The rebuilding of infrastructure in flood-ravaged areas shouldn't overshadow the need for ongoing funding in the Federal Budget, the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has said. ALGA president Genia McCaffery said local government was at the forefront of the recovery. “The flooding will cost Queensland councils up to $2 billion alone,” she said. “I welcome […]
28 January, 2011
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