Sydney stacks up against global cities on digital performance

Sydney is one of the top ten digital cities in a ranking of global cities on digital performance.

13 June, 2022

Opportunity for NSW regional councils to become ‘smart-ready’

The NSW Government has launched a $2.4 million partnership with two Sydney universities to bring smart cities technology to regional councils.

30 May, 2022

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

Melbourne outranks Sydney as a smart city

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

28 November, 2019

Strides forward for smarter cities

Smart technology is being used to create smarter beaches and better public spaces.

24 October, 2019

Brainy bins help councils get smart about waste

Councils are increasingly adopting smart bin technology to improve waste management.

4 October, 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

Tamworth in energy-cutting smart city trial

Tamworth Council will head up Australia’s first fully integrated IoT smart city trial.

26 April, 2019

Darwin council’s smart city lessons from Taiwan

After visiting Taiwan,City of Darwin Council is representing the nation on a global smart city committee. 

8 April, 2019

Resources, data key to delivering parks

Partnering with universities could help local government meet the challenge of providing urban green space into the future, says researcher.

29 November, 2018

City of the future: councils lead the way

Local governments on the forefront of smart city approaches are realising the power of data to inform service delivery and long-term planning.

24 September, 2018

How data is delivering smarter streets, buildings

Rapid advances in technology and the fall in their cost means more councils are adopting smart city approaches, developers say.

3 September, 2018

Lake Macquarie adopts smart city to drive jobs, innovation

Partnership between a council, an economic development company and a network provider delivers Australia’s first smart city network across a local government area.

20 July, 2018

Global smart cities body targets Australia

An international collaboration of global technology companies, advisors and planners is moving to support governments in Australia in the development and roll out of smart city initiatives.

1 May, 2018