​State and territory leaders have agreed with federal government plans to establish a national facial biometric matching capability, which will bring together passport, visa, citizenship and driver licence images into a single database.
The Federal Government is set to push ahead with its plan to create a single online registry for business names.
General practitioners are the first step in implementing an effective e-health system, according to the founder of the Institute of E-Health interest group at Nepean Hospital, Professor Mohamed Khadra.
The Rudd government has announced it will spend $7 million over four years on improving public Internet access facilities in remote Indigenous communities.