Western Australia

News

• iPad initiative for pupils in WA

  A few Year 1 and 2 students just starting school have been put straight onto iPads to boost their reading and maths skills, under a new West Australian government program.

• Short shop hours boosting online sales

  Online shopping at Christmas time has become the norm among regional Western Australians because of restricted trading hours at shopping malls, retailers say.

• Digital TV boost for Western Australia

  Around 80 per cent of West Australians will have access to all digital television channels by mid-2012 as broadcasters install more transmitters in regional and remote areas, communications minister Stephen Conroy says.

• Nominations open for WA IT industry awards

  Nominations for the 2012 Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications Industry Awards (WAiTTA) have opened.

• CEDA wraps up WA state mapping project

  The WA Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has completed its project to map the state’s development, after wrapping up 12 forum sessions for its Inventing the Future project.

• WA to develop voting application for vision impaired

  The WA Electoral Commission (WAEC) has flagged plans to develop a computer-based application to grant blind and vision-impaired voters the ability to cast a secret vote at the next state election.

• WA Health to deploy PAS by year's end

  Western Australia’s Department of Health has signed a $6.3 million contract with CSC for the implementation of a patient administration system (PAS) by the year's end, despite speculation the system would not be replaced until 2014.

• WA government renews focus on e-waste

  The Western Australia Government is moving to better manage its e-waste through the institution of a new whole of government common use arrangement (CUA) for the disposal of ICT equipment.

• WA Govt readvertises CIO role

  The Western Australian Government is again on the lookout for a CIO to overhaul the business systems of the Rottnest Island Authority.

• SMS lotto scam hits WA

  West Australians have been alerted about a Powerball lottery scam circulating through mobile phone text messages.

• WA Department of Commerce takes out regional IT award

  The Western Australian Government has claimed success in improving emergency communications at three of the state’s regional towns, with more to come in future.

• WA homes could be without power for days

  Thousands of homes battered by severe storms in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region could be without power for days.

• WA warning about bogus flood appeal email

  West Australians are being warned about a bogus email claiming to be from the Queensland premier's flood relief appeal and asking for donations by wire transfer.

• New cameras boost WA cab safety

  Perth's taxi fleet will be fitted with new surveillance cameras to make them the nation's safest cabs, West Australian Transport Minister, Troy Buswell, says.

• WA Attorney-General embarks on telephony rip and replace

  The Department of the Western Australian Attorney-General in Perth is looking at options to replace its aging PABX telephony setup.