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
Smart bins that alert collection teams when they need emptying are being trialed at a Sydney beach.
2 September, 2019
Newcastle has been become the first Australian city to trial a new predictive parking technology that has been adopted across Europe.
17 July, 2019
Newcastle and Prospect councils have been crowned the nation’s top smart metropolitan cities.
3 June, 2019
The City of Gold Coast wants to become Australia’s leading digital city by 2021.
20 May, 2019
A city planning expert says the government should consider relocating Australia’s most population-slammed cities.
20 May, 2019
An Australian delegate discusses key takeaways from Europe’s biggest gathering of local government professionals.
15 April, 2019
Australian local government is increasingly mature in its approach to smart cities, says report.
20 February, 2019
Australian governments must share data to realise its potential as an operational and strategic asset.
14 November, 2018
Institutional investors are looking for infrastructure projects that can deliver environmental and social outcomes, conference hears.
1 November, 2018
Critical infrastructure deployed in smart cities internationally is vulnerable to hackers who could trigger ‘mass panic,’ research warns.
11 October, 2018
The Australian Government has released its first National Cities Performance Framework. It is a major report that provides a snapshot of the productivity and progress of Australia’s largest 21 cities, including Western Sydney. The Government says it is the first official framework of its kind in Australia and “brings together critical data on our cities […]
7 December, 2017
Darwin to get ‘switched on’ The Australian Government has made its first grants under its Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. The grants are to Darwin to ‘switch on’ the city, and to a number of smaller projects in Perth. The program, announced in March 2017 has earmarked $50 million for projects across Australia, with 40 […]
14 November, 2017
How can local government continue to meet the needs of residents and provide excellence in services, and still stay on budget? Do services need to be point scored to be considered as core essentials? What are the best ways to drive efficiency? The pressures on local government to get key investment, resource allocation and delivery […]
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