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Tonight Australia’s treasurer Josh Frydenberg presented his first budget ahead of an upcoming federal election. In that budget, there wasn’t a lot for technology enthusiasts. What is an important development in the transport infrastructure in Australia, is an investment in ‘high speed’ rail. This forms a central pillar of...
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Scott Morrison, Australia’s Prime Minister just joined Snapchat. Ahead of a federal election, I have no doubt the decision to join and then recruit new followers by using his existing social platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), was on the advice from a media advisor that it’s good for his...
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The Australian Labor Party and current opposition party have announced a bold new policy today regarding electric vehicles. The party that is on track to be in power after the next federal election, which could be as soon as next month. The new EV friendly policy aims to accelerate...
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Last night, the Victorian Labor party was returned to Government for the next 4 years. In charge of Australia’s second largest state, Premiere Daniel Andrews says Victoria is the most progressive state in the country. One of the biggest issues in the election was power prices and the Labor...
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The Victorian Government is currently in caretaker mode, ahead of a state election on the 24th November. While both sides of politics are busy coming up with vote winning policies, they should look to South Australia for a great one. This week, the South Australian Government committed to subsidise...
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Today, the Victorian Minister for Energy, Lily D’Ambrosio, opened the Ballarat Energy Storage System (BESS), located at the Ballarat Terminal Station in Warrenheip. This is the first of 2-large scale batteries planned for the state, to assist in the reliability of the grid. The first comes from Siemens-owned Fluence...
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This week Australia got a new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison and as such, as today announced his new ministerial portfolios. The most applicable for our readers is the Minister for Communications, given it’s responsbility for running the NBN. Senator Mitch Fifield has been returned to the position of Minister...
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The Australian Greens have called for the Senate to urgently investigate the use of ‘loot boxes’ in video games. Even stranger, the Senate has supported this. These loot boxes are nothing new in video games and are certainly not limited to the games like Fortnite, although that’s likely to...
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Local council’s are increasingly under pressure to offer more services with decreasing Government funding, which means their journey to digitise operations, has to become more efficient and economical than ever before. Left up to their own devices, each council would go off and construct a technology stack to service...
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Ipsidy is a business that provides biometric identification, identity management and electronic transaction processing services. The company has a HQ in New York, but also has subsidiaries in Columbia and South Africa. That South African branch will support the implementation of new biometric authentication of voters in the upcoming...
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South Australia is one of the most progressive (and controversial) energy markets to study. Jay Weatherill’s South Australia Government has just announced they will provide solar panels and Tesla Powerwall battery storage for 50,000 homes. After the state just installed the world’s largest battery, they’re now after another world record with the...
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The Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism, and Investment, Steven Ciobo has visited Hyperloop One at their headquarters in Los Angeles. The trip was reportedly to meet the team behind the project and learn more about hyperloop. This raises the question of why? Why would the Minister travel all that way...
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Stawell in Western Victoria is getting a wind farm and battery storage as part of a project confirmed by Lily D’Ambrosio, State Member for Mill Park. Minister for Energy, Environment & Climate Change. Minister for Suburban Development. Back in June of 2017, the Victorian Government signed an Memorandum of Understanding on...
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Chromebooks continue their march into Australian schools after big successes internationally. The relatively cheap and easy to maintain Chromebooks match with the budget constrained and light touch needs of school IT departments. With Acer winning the contract at Kingsford Smith School in ACT, they’ll supply 15,000 Acer Chromebook’s and and...
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The Minister for the Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg MP has announced a new renewable energy plan for the Northern Territory of Australia. Jointly funded by ARENA which is the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the NT Government, the project will use 3,200 solar panels (1MW of solar energy, powering...
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Microsoft Azure now has 42 regions around the world where data and servers can be hosted. The latest 2 to be added are in Australia, specifically Canberra. While the number of Azure datacentres confirm Microsoft as the most geographically diverse cloud provider, being in Canberra isn’t an accident. Microsoft...
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At 8PM tonight, a new show, The House, by Annabel Crabb will got to air on the ABC and iView. The six-part series explores the building that houses our politicians as they go to work legislating (or not) Australian law. Director Stamatia Maroupas and series producer Madeleine Hawcroft weren’t...
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Jamestown, South Australia is making history, it’ll be the location of the world’s largest battery farm, supplying 100MW of storage to stabilise the SA energy grid. The batteries will be supplied by Tesla. On stage with SA Premier Jay Weatherill, Elon Musk has committed to deliver the PowerPack to...
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The Victorian Government is funding a trial new 12-month trial beginning in September, where Victorian Police, in conjunction with the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council will fit GPS trackers to 1,000 cars. These vehicles trackers would allow police to track a vehicle anywhere in the world should it be...
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Today the Australian Bureau of Statistics have released the data from last year’s census. Although the process was marred by technical issues, they believe the more than 95% of households completed the national survey, making it the largest ever at 68.9 Million pieces of data. ABS have confirmed the...
Tonight Australia’s treasurer Josh Frydenberg presented his first budget ahead of an upcoming federal election. In that budget, there wasn’t a lot for technology enthusiasts. What is an important development in the transport infrastructure in Australia, is an investment in ‘high speed’ rail. This forms a central pillar of...
Scott Morrison, Australia’s Prime Minister just joined Snapchat. Ahead of a federal election, I have no doubt the decision to join and then recruit new followers by using his existing social platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), was on the advice from a media advisor that it’s good for his...
The Australian Labor Party and current opposition party have announced a bold new policy today regarding electric vehicles. The party that is on track to be in power after the next federal election, which could be as soon as next month. The new EV friendly policy aims to accelerate...
Last night, the Victorian Labor party was returned to Government for the next 4 years. In charge of Australia’s second largest state, Premiere Daniel Andrews says Victoria is the most progressive state in the country. One of the biggest issues in the election was power prices and the Labor...
The Victorian Government is currently in caretaker mode, ahead of a state election on the 24th November. While both sides of politics are busy coming up with vote winning policies, they should look to South Australia for a great one. This week, the South Australian Government committed to subsidise...
Today, the Victorian Minister for Energy, Lily D’Ambrosio, opened the Ballarat Energy Storage System (BESS), located at the Ballarat Terminal Station in Warrenheip. This is the first of 2-large scale batteries planned for the state, to assist in the reliability of the grid. The first comes from Siemens-owned Fluence...
This week Australia got a new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison and as such, as today announced his new ministerial portfolios. The most applicable for our readers is the Minister for Communications, given it’s responsbility for running the NBN. Senator Mitch Fifield has been returned to the position of Minister...
The Australian Greens have called for the Senate to urgently investigate the use of ‘loot boxes’ in video games. Even stranger, the Senate has supported this. These loot boxes are nothing new in video games and are certainly not limited to the games like Fortnite, although that’s likely to...
Local council’s are increasingly under pressure to offer more services with decreasing Government funding, which means their journey to digitise operations, has to become more efficient and economical than ever before. Left up to their own devices, each council would go off and construct a technology stack to service...
Ipsidy is a business that provides biometric identification, identity management and electronic transaction processing services. The company has a HQ in New York, but also has subsidiaries in Columbia and South Africa. That South African branch will support the implementation of new biometric authentication of voters in the upcoming...
South Australia is one of the most progressive (and controversial) energy markets to study. Jay Weatherill’s South Australia Government has just announced they will provide solar panels and Tesla Powerwall battery storage for 50,000 homes. After the state just installed the world’s largest battery, they’re now after another world record with the...
The Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism, and Investment, Steven Ciobo has visited Hyperloop One at their headquarters in Los Angeles. The trip was reportedly to meet the team behind the project and learn more about hyperloop. This raises the question of why? Why would the Minister travel all that way...
Stawell in Western Victoria is getting a wind farm and battery storage as part of a project confirmed by Lily D’Ambrosio, State Member for Mill Park. Minister for Energy, Environment & Climate Change. Minister for Suburban Development. Back in June of 2017, the Victorian Government signed an Memorandum of Understanding on...
Chromebooks continue their march into Australian schools after big successes internationally. The relatively cheap and easy to maintain Chromebooks match with the budget constrained and light touch needs of school IT departments. With Acer winning the contract at Kingsford Smith School in ACT, they’ll supply 15,000 Acer Chromebook’s and and...
The Minister for the Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg MP has announced a new renewable energy plan for the Northern Territory of Australia. Jointly funded by ARENA which is the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the NT Government, the project will use 3,200 solar panels (1MW of solar energy, powering...
Microsoft Azure now has 42 regions around the world where data and servers can be hosted. The latest 2 to be added are in Australia, specifically Canberra. While the number of Azure datacentres confirm Microsoft as the most geographically diverse cloud provider, being in Canberra isn’t an accident. Microsoft...
At 8PM tonight, a new show, The House, by Annabel Crabb will got to air on the ABC and iView. The six-part series explores the building that houses our politicians as they go to work legislating (or not) Australian law. Director Stamatia Maroupas and series producer Madeleine Hawcroft weren’t...
Jamestown, South Australia is making history, it’ll be the location of the world’s largest battery farm, supplying 100MW of storage to stabilise the SA energy grid. The batteries will be supplied by Tesla. On stage with SA Premier Jay Weatherill, Elon Musk has committed to deliver the PowerPack to...
The Victorian Government is funding a trial new 12-month trial beginning in September, where Victorian Police, in conjunction with the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council will fit GPS trackers to 1,000 cars. These vehicles trackers would allow police to track a vehicle anywhere in the world should it be...
Today the Australian Bureau of Statistics have released the data from last year’s census. Although the process was marred by technical issues, they believe the more than 95% of households completed the national survey, making it the largest ever at 68.9 Million pieces of data. ABS have confirmed the...
