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Legislative Framework to Address eWaste
Australia’s environment ministers have agreed to a new national policy on waste and resource...
Author: sassoong Date: 11/04/2009
United Nations Committee Chair
Microsoft Australia would like to congratulate Professor Ron McCallum AO on his election as the 2010...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/27/2009
Can software improve the environment?
The ICT industry is one that may not spring to mind when governments, businesses and consumers...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/26/2009
Tracey Fellows interview with ZDNet.com.au
Following the launch of Windows 7 in Australia, Tracey Fellows, Managing Director of Microsoft...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/26/2009
One Week To Go for Not – for – Profit Competition
Design by Ben Crothers of Catch Media Entries for the Not for Profit public sector information...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/25/2009
Bradfield & Higgins – By-elections for 5 December
The Speaker of the House of Representatives has issued the following press release announcing the...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/25/2009
Queensland invention keeps a healthy eye on waterways
South-east Queenslanders will have unprecedented access to detailed data showing the health of their...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/20/2009
Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010
Gartner, Inc. analysts have highlighted their top 10 technologies and trends which they expect to be...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/20/2009
First year celebration of Collingwood project
Congratulations to Infoxchange Australia as they celebrated last week, the 1st year of Wired...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/13/2009
When it comes to cybercrime, we need a ‘digital ready’ society
There are four things about the Internet that make it a great place to commit crimes: 1. It is...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/12/2009
Not For Profit Focus for Gov 2.0
Design by Ben Crothers of Catch Media The Government 2.0 Taskforce has decided to run a contest to...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/08/2009
Taskforce Mashup Competition Opens
The Government 2.0 Taskforce has announced the official launch of the Mashup Australia contest....
Author: sassoong Date: 10/08/2009
Guest blogger – Penny Sharpe MLC
Gov 2.0 is the new buzz term for governments everywhere – what does that mean for NSW? New...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/08/2009
National Disability Services National Employment Forum
Left to Right: Bill Shorten MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities; Tony Lund, President, NDS;...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/05/2009
Public Sector Information – greater access involves greater responsibility
Much has been said concerning the merits of Public Sector Information (PSI), and provision of...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/05/2009
Government 2.0 Project Fund
There has been some really interesting discussion on the Government 2.0 blog with regards to the...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/30/2009
Morning has Broken…Evening Working Perfectly Well
It is that TIME again. Daylight Savings Time (DST) changes can have a significant impact on...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/29/2009
Government Leaks – the Concerns of Web 2.0
For those interested in how Government policy can impact the lives of ordinary citizens this recent...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/22/2009
Software R&D – policy intent “outdated”
In a Consultation paper released last Friday (18 September) the Federal Treasury has acknowledged...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/21/2009
Health identifiers
Microsoft Australia recently provided a submission to the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory...
Author: sassoong Date: 08/23/2009
Discussing government service delivery
Left to Right: Pip Marlow, Public Sector Director, Microsoft; Wayne Swan, Treasurer; Patrick...
Author: sassoong Date: 08/09/2009
20,000th low cost PC’s delivered
Left to Right: Mike Allen, Director General Housing NSW; Arsenio Alegre CEO WorkVentures; The Hon...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/30/2009
Digital Economy paper launched
Minister Conroy visiting the Microsoft booth displaying Surface technology This week (July...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/16/2009
Digital Debate – Move on!
The Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/12/2009
South Australian Information Economy Agenda
This week the South Australian Government released its Information Economy Agenda 2009-2014. The...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/10/2009
Data Online – it can be so
Lindsay Tanner’s Taskforce 2.0 are getting down to the hard yards of working through how to...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/01/2009
Boring, difficult, irrelevant – but better than nursing.
Research out of the US has found that while computer science studies are highly regarded by...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/28/2009
Australian Trial – Digital Democracy
Let me be honest – I titled this blog ‘Digital Democracy” not because I wanted to discuss that...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/26/2009
Culture Change – A Web 2 Far?
Yesterday’s announcement by Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner and Special Minister of State, Senator...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/22/2009
Access to Government Information – Time to Ask the Big Questions
There are times when it may seem that a glacier moves faster than change in the public service. I...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/21/2009
The Productivity agenda in challenging times
Microsoft Australia were sponsors of a luncheon organised today by the Australia Israel Chamber of...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/11/2009
The New World Order: the shifting power balance of social media, online campaigning and governing
By 2010, Millennials and Generation Y will outnumber Baby Boomers and 96 percent of this new...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/02/2009
Budget Estimates May Shine Light on Economic Strategy
Earlier today (Monday May 25) the Senate began committee investigations into the 2009-2010 Federal...
Author: sassoong Date: 05/25/2009
Increasing concern on piracy
A coalition of industry bodies this month warned the Australian public against the increased...
Author: sassoong Date: 05/12/2009
Obama, Rudd, Politics and the Web
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we first practice to deceive!." I only ever knew...
Author: sassoong Date: 05/02/2009
Social media, the Internet, Crikey!
Information technology futurist, media personality, inventor and author Mark Pesce and Crikey...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/26/2009
Indigenous employment
Akhtar Badshah with Natalie Tighe (Manager AES Moree) on a tour of the Moree community The...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/26/2009
Multi-million dollar grant to enhance Australian blindness services
Technorati Tags: Vision Australia,blindness,Unlimited Potential Left to Right: Gerard Menses, CEO,...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/21/2009
The online advertising industry
Last week the International Advertising Association (IAA), with the support of Microsoft hosted a...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/07/2009
Has the Federal Government got the Tiger by the Tail?
The Federal Government is expected this week to announce the outcome of the tender for the...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/06/2009
NSW Selects Microsoft for Rollout of ‘Mini-Laptops’ for Schools
NSW Minister for Education, Verity Firth; Parliamentary Secretary Maxine McKew; and NSW Premier,...
Author: sassoong Date: 03/31/2009
Earth 2.0 - Get with the program
On 4th March 2009 Microsoft Australia launched a new staff engagement environmental sustainability...
Author: sassoong Date: 03/24/2009
The Next 100
Microsoft is partnering with The Australian and The Weekend Australia Magazine on ‘The Next 100’....
Author: sassoong Date: 03/23/2009
Technology Improving Accessibility
On 17 March, Microsoft hosted a forum showcasing technology to improve accessibility. The forum was...
Author: sassoong Date: 03/20/2009