Police, Health big winners in Queensland ICT budget spend
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has been allocated funding for a technology refresh program in the 2013-14 budget.
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has been allocated funding for a technology refresh program in the 2013-14 budget.
ICT spending in Australia is forecast to grow from $43,408.6 million in 2012 to $49,452.6 million by 2016, according to new research from IDC.
ICT spending within the utility sector in Australia is forecast to grow by five-year compound annual growth rate of of 2.3 per cent to more than $1.9 billion in 2015, according to IDC's Utilities Market Forecast and Analysis report.
The Tasmanian Government has signalled that it could cut as much as $3.9 million from its 2010-11 and 2011-12 budgets in an effort to address a GFC-influenced GST revenue shortfall.
The Queensland Government has pledged to $44.5 million to the state departments of Police as well as Justice and Attorney-General for the implementation of a permanent telecommunications interception capability as part of the government's 2010-2011 Budget.
The NSW state budget for 2010-11 has been announced and will feature ICT investments across the Police, Justice and Emergency Services, and Education and Training Portfolios.
The Queensland state government will establish a $15 million ICT initiatives fund aimed at delivering government savings through whole-of-government service delivery.
Despite the lack of detail in the Opposition Treasurer Joe Hockey’s recent [[xref: http://joehockey.com/mediahub/nprDetail.aspx?prID=975|National Press Club speech|new]], some details have emerged on what cuts the Coalition would make to ICT programs upon taking office.