The nation’s largest smart city project, Switching on Darwin, has successfully been completed on schedule and within budget.
The project aims to make Darwin a world-leading smart city with the addition of 912 new LED lights, 138 new CCTV cameras, 39 new hotspots to extend free WiFi, 24 environmental sensors, smart parking sensors, along with an audio system in the Mall.
Read MorePerth City council is pressing ahead with a trial of facial recognition technology to be installed in cameras across East Perth, despite concerns from privacy experts and local residents.
The network of 30 cameras is set to go live within weeks, amid complaints there has been no proper local consultation since the plans were revealed last year.
Read MoreAccording to Aussie business owner Danny Gorog, “an app is for life, not just for Christmas”.
And Gorog would know, being the former director of app design giant Outware Mobile, and now the founder and chief executive of Snap Send Solve, a Melbourne startup helping Australian citizens report issues from their neighbourhood to their local council.
Read MoreA rash of unpopular and forced council amalgamations across NSW over the last three years has combined to produce an unholy mess on the technology front, after a state Auditor found gaping holes in IT management and governance.
Read MoreMonash council will foot the bill to refund $2.6 millon in parking fines to drivers after discovering it had wrongly allowed a contractor to rule on appeals to infringements.
Read MoreNetworking giant Cisco plans to spend $61 million over the next three years to boost digital transformation in Australia.
The local part of Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) program will focus on inclusive growth, skills development and innovation.
Read MoreThe plan would see council roll out a range of smart technologies across the city by May this year, including a smart city platform, sensors for vehicle and pedestrian movement and smart parking technology.
Read MoreLocal government in Victoria needs to develop asset management strategies through consultation with the community that prioritise maintenance and renewal, the state’s Auditor-General says.
Read MoreSome of Queensland’s most remote and regional local government bodies are leading the way in reducing contract blowout by being among the first to use a new platform developed by former senior public servant Megan Avard, who has experienced these problems firsthand.
Read MoreSlow development approvals and inconsistent planning decisions could soon be a thing of the past, with disruptive technologies set to streamline urban planning.
Artificial intelligence could soon be sophisticated enough to semi-automate urban planning processes, better predicting the effects of a proposed development and fast-tracking approvals.
Read MoreIneffective and inconsistent procurement policies and poor oversight and documentation are hampering Western Australian councils’ procurement controls, an audit has found.
Read MoreThis week Microsoft executives plan to highlight their company’s approach toward cloud security as a competitive advantage, arguing it is uniquely positioned to handle the ever-expanding number of cybersecurity threats in our world.
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