Full coverage: Australia

25.10.2007 KPO Australia 2007 will bring together enterprise, government and outsourcing providers to promote the key benefits of Knowledge Process Outsourcing at Sydney, from 7 - 9 Nov 2007.

22.08.2007 The Federal Government of Australia has unveiled a new Internet based health system for remote areas which will help the government ensure the health issues identified in child health checks are properly followed up.

21.08.2007 American technology expert Larry Smarr says Australia needs to invest more in its universities and offer high-speed Internet in order to stay away from the risks of being left far behind its international competitors in business, education and the arts.

26.04.2006 Many Australian grain growers need to change their management approach to ensure their continued viability, but do not have the required knowledge and skills. Uptake of relevant education and training is poor, despite the positive correlation between learning, change and farm viability.

26.04.2006 There has been considerable research and development into the use of multimedia in teaching and learning geospatial science. Geospatial science professions like cartography, geomatics and surveying are practiced-based and therefore are heavily reliant upon the application of knowledge to practical situations in the field.

21.02.2006 As a part of its Industry Plan 2005 - 2010 the Australian government has announced scholarship worth $1.1 million to boost skills under the ICT Industry Plan.

07.02.2006 South Australia's government has launched a scheme to help boost the economic and social benefits of information and communications technology (ICT) sector. ICT infrastructure, industry development, online content, ICT skills, and social inclusion have been identified as the key areas for intervention.

25.10.2005 Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan of Australia announced that Australia and India last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Delhi to aid cooperative development of information and communications technology (ICT) industries.

15.09.2005 The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) is a federal and state-funded body accountable to the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council and reports to them on its deployment.

06.09.2005 Australian Special Minister of State, Senator Eric Abetz, has announced the launch of a new government web site to help Australian public servants work more effectively across government departments and agency boundaries.

24.06.2005 Information and communication technology for development initiatives has increased manifold over the last few years with efforts directed towards community development.

02.06.2005 Today opens in Vienna, Austria, a two-day conference on “ICT and Creativity. Strategies for a Better Information Society”, focusing on the nexus between content, creativity, diversity and knowledge in the information society.

16.05.2005 The Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee of Victoria state of Austrialia has recently submitted its report on electronic democracy, as a result of its investigation initially begun under the 54th Parliament and now completed during the 55th Parliament.

16.12.2004 China and Australia are the first countries that have adopted the National “Memory of the World” register system. The global Memory of the World programme registers documentary heritage available around the world.

24.11.2004 The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) seeks comments on its proposal on the universal service obligation (USO) mechanism as it prepares to submit its advice to the Australian government. ACA’s advice to the government will form the basis of its USO provision for the next two financial years.

23.08.2004 The Australian government has sought comments from the public as it prepares inputs to be submitted at the Working Group on Internet Governance meeting on September 20- 21, 2004. Views on the composition of the working group and its work can be sent by August 28, 2004.

18.06.2004 Companies have now come up with solar panels so that recharging laptops is no longer a problem in areas without electricity.

31.05.2004 Two Australian scientists will work with their British counterparts to work on the design of faster laser-driven computers. This collaboration is being facilitated by the British Council Eureka Prize for Inspiring Science.

05.05.2004 Welcoming Senator Cherry's recommendation of granting more fund to community broadcasting, broadcasting associations of Australia have expressed concern at the declining public support in this media. Australian Democratic party recommends as much as $260 million earning from selling licenses should be spent for this purpose.

23.11.2003 Dale Spender, one of Australia's best-known feminists, urges all women to get on the information superhighway, use it and claim it as their own space. She believes that the Internet has revolutionised access to information and thus skewed traditional power equations. With this technology, women can not only use information but also generate information to write narratives that subvert dominant white male texts.