The Federal Government has called for proposals for its NBN-Enabled Education and Skills Services (NBN-EESS) program, aimed at encouraging the development and trialling of education and skills-based online projects that will utilise the National Broadband Network (NBN).
The launch of an “improved” My School 2.0 website has been delayed until early 2011, following concerns from a number of schools regarding their financial information.
Outgoing Finance Minister, Lindsay Tanner, has just announced the Declaration of Open Government -- one of the Government 2.0 Taskforce's central recommendations.
Local councils across Australia are split on whether to ban curb-side collection of electronic waste to keep toxic chemicals out of landfill two months after the Federal Government announced a national recycling scheme.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has opened up the pilot of the next stage of its $30.5 million Next Generation Forecast and Warning System (NGFWS) to the public.