Stories by Sue Bushell

Cover Story: The sky's the limit!

There are many routes to a satisfying and lasting IT career. Sue Bushell quizzed three IT leaders about their travels to the top and their tips for other IT professionals aspiring to similar positions

Budget holds little for IT

The IT industries will find relatively little to praise and some things to condemn in this year's Federal Budget.

Cover Story: State of the Nation

There's nothing like a serving of panic to concentrate the mind. After an extremely slow start, Australian State and Territory governments are making up lost ground when it comes to addressing Y2K

On the House: They-SPY!

How much surveillance should society have to endure in the interests of maintaining its values and structures, and who watches the watchers?

Government launches Online Australia 1999

The federal government has launched Online Australia 1999, a series of online activities designed to engage Australians in "expanding Australia's productive, confident and vibrant online presence".

On the House: Costs must drop!

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is set to decide whether to turn its draft ruling on ending Telstra's 96-year monopoly on the $5 billion local call market into a firm direction

Mainframe may hit the road

Successful outsourcing service providers may decide whether outsourcing-hit commonwealth mainframes remain in Canberra or are moved elsewhere, according to the federal government.

FEATURE STORY: Yes Prime Minister!

Promises, promises, promises - it's election time! As we edge closer to casting our votes, the IT community has to consider which government party will best secure Australia's place in the information-based economy for the 21st century. The choice is yours.

Polling Day

Imagine if we could somehow reclaim all the money spent by Governments on IT reports and establish a single Federal IT Ministry. Now there's something to think about on election day!

On the House: Feeding the chooks

Hansonism. Tax reform. The sell-off of Telstra. Immigration. Native Title. Unemployment. The economy. The hash of a job this government has made of the new Jobs Network

Government smart card decision frustrates industry

The smart card industry has joined the serried ranks of those frustrated with the high cost of doing business with federal government.
Asia Pacific Smart Card Forum executive director Alex Gosman said Centrelink's decision to freeze a project exploring use of smart cards for government payments was a blow to the industry, which had spent millions of dollars responding to the Centrelink RFI. Centrelink received 48 submissions in response to the RFI.

Government rewrites corporations law

New Australian legislation will make electronic signatures equivalent to pen-on-paper signatures and ensure data messages are acceptable as original documents.

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