Aussie councils in running for top international gong

Australian councils have been named in the Intelligent Community Forum’s Top7 of 2020.

13 February, 2020

The 5 top trends driving smart cities in 2020

During 2020, increasing attention will be directed at the challenge of creating what is known as Smart Cities. These densely populated areas need to be efficient and provide high quality of life.

27 January, 2020

Melbourne outranks Sydney as a smart city

Melbourne has been ranked sixth in a global comparison of smart cities.

28 November, 2019

Councils get smarter with data

Digital tools such as smart contracts and data-commons licenses are letting citizens share data on their own terms.

9 September, 2019

Safety in the age of the smart city

How do we construct and manage cities so that everything, and everyone, flows smoothly today and in the future – particularly ensuring a city’s resilience after a major incident, unplanned event or emergency?

3 September, 2019

High-tech bins to tackle Sydney’s beach rubbish

Smart bins that alert collection teams when they need emptying are being trialed at a Sydney beach.

2 September, 2019

Predictive technology takes pain out of parking

Newcastle has been become the first Australian city to trial a new predictive parking technology that has been adopted across Europe.

17 July, 2019

Smart city strategies pay off for Newcastle, Prospect

Newcastle and Prospect councils have been crowned the nation’s top smart metropolitan cities.

3 June, 2019

Gold Coast unveils nation’s largest digital network

The City of Gold Coast wants to become Australia’s leading digital city by 2021.

20 May, 2019

Call to relocate population-crunched Aus cities

A city planning expert says the government should consider relocating Australia’s most population-slammed cities.

20 May, 2019

Inside Europe’s biggest local government conference

An Australian delegate discusses key takeaways from Europe’s biggest gathering of local government professionals. 

15 April, 2019

Smart cities: councils enter ‘action’ phase

Australian local government is increasingly mature in its approach to smart cities, says report.

20 February, 2019

Break down the silos, says data chief

Australian governments must share data to realise its potential as an operational and strategic asset.

14 November, 2018

All eyes on technology to drive sustainability  

Institutional investors are looking for infrastructure projects that can deliver environmental and social outcomes, conference hears.

1 November, 2018