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• Privacy agency taps open source CMS for new website

  The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), which oversees freedom of information and privacy for the federal government, is seeking to migrate to a new website based on the open source Joomla CMS.

• Joomla reorganized, modernized

  The volunteers behind the Joomla content management system will release version 1.6 of the open-source software today, which features considerable improvements in access control and page layout, among other enhancements.

• EBay deploys Joomla for analytics portal

  Bypassing a number of commercial portal packages, eBay has started using the Joomla open source content management software as a framework to provide its employes with analytic tools, the online auction giant said.

• The history of Joomla!: An in-depth chat with CMS core developer, Andrew Eddie

  Computerworld Australia caught up with co-founder and core developer, Andrew Eddie, about his own history as well as that of Joomla!'s, and where the content management system is headed in the future.

• Careers Q&A: Damian Hickey's gentler approach to open source

  Though only having been in the IT business for 11 years, ZacWare chief executive officer and founder, Damian Hickey, has already survived government work in two locations and has since become a contributor to the open-source community through his Joomla!-based Jentla multi-site content management system (CMS) offerings. Computerworld Australia recently talked to Damian about the transition from government IT to self-employment, and the perils of arrogance when looking for a job.

• IHRNA uses open source platform for new website

  The Indigenous Human Rights Network Australia (IHRNA) has opted for the open source content management system, Joomla, for its new website.

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  Drupal gains ground down under

  The open source content management system (CMS), Drupal, continues to gain popularity both locally and internationally. The CMS powers several new high profile websites including the Prime Minister's site, launched last month and designed by Canberra-based company OPC IT and ABC's three digital radio websites – Dig Music, ABC Jazz and ABC Country. Internationally, it is used by organisations as diverse as Obama's administration in the US to Greenpeace to McDonalds.