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Online access in exams up to schools: Gillard
INDIVIDUAL schools should be allowed to decide whether internet access or other communication tools are appropriate for use by students during exams, federal Education Minister Julia Gillard said.
Vic schools get broadband boost
AROUND 92 schools in Victoria will gain access to high-speed broadband as part of a $2 million state project.
GroceryChoice popular ... at first
CASH-STRAPPED shoppers are scouring the internet for news of cheap food and petrol.
E-conveyancing in auditor's sights
THE Victorian Auditor General is considering a performance audit of the government's $40 million electronic conveyancing system.
Ombudsman could intervene in Telstra pay dispute
THE Workplace Ombudsman could intervene in a pay dispute between Telstra and trade unions, the federal Government has warned.
Public service replaces PC fleet
Fran Foo THE Rudd Labor Government's climate change focus, coupled with the impending Gershon review of federal technology and communications procurement, will lead to hundreds of thousands of desktops being replaced - a boon for local computing businesses.
Grocerychoice website under fire
THE Rudd government's $13 million grocery price watch website is under legal threat a day after it began operation.
Sector applauds O'Kane report
PEAK bodies were quick to endorse Mary O'Kane's review of co-operative research centres, released yesterday.
Grocerychoice Rudd's secret weapon
THE Rudd Government has conceded it cannot guarantee lower grocery prices as it moves to introduce mandatory unit pricing and ease planning laws to increase supermarket competition, in response to its long-awaited grocery inquiry.
O'Kane puts CRCs on notice
IN a damning indictment of the last Labor government's applied research flagship program, Mary O'Kane says Co-operative Research Centres have "declined in appeal to research providers and not attracted firms in sufficient numbers to generate innovation on a whole-of-industry basis".
Net censorship to cost users
Fran Foo INTERNET users could be forced to subsidise the federal Government's quest to censor the internet, with early estimates indicating the scheme could cost $60 million a year.
Medicare videoconferences cut costs
Mahesh Sharma MEDICARE will introduce Tandberg videoconferencing technology across its state and territory offices, as the federal Government tries to curb agencies' growing flight budgets.
Emergency workers rely on CSIRO
IF contamination occurs at a nuclear facility in future, technology developed in Australia could be called upon to save the day.
Innovation review green paper delayed
A KEY report detailing the effectiveness of Australia's research and development spend has been delayed by a month but the federal Government is unperturbed.
ATO shortlists IT suppliers
THE Australian Taxation Office has selected five companies to bid for its end-user computing services contract potentially worth more than $390 million.
Tax boost hope from R&D paper
TOMORROW is C-day in Canberra, when the Government will take delivery of Terry Cutler's anxiously anticipated innovation review, and one of the key questions universities hope it addresses is new mechanisms to drive increased private investment in their research.
Climate Ready program opens for business
THE federal government isn't expecting the ICT organisations to apply for a large chunk of a newly announced "green grant" despite the industry's significant contribution to carbon dioxide emissions.
$75m green grants scheme open for business
BUSINESSES who want to develop climate-friendly products and services can apply for funding under a $75 million federal program.
Schools fire up Labor PC spend
Fran Foo AUSTRALIAN public schools have begun buying PCs as part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's plan to equip each secondary school student in Years 9 to 12 with a computer, despite a bitter war raging between federal and state governments over extra funding.
AFP may send contract work offshore
Mahesh Sharma THE Australian Federal Police has started a round of voluntary redundancies after taking the axe to its technology contractors earlier this year.