Stories by Computerworld Staff

Telstra will host a conference in Sydney on August 19 that will explore collaboration across the industry and academic sectors of ICT research in Australia.

The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) will migrate 1500 users across 120 offices from Microsoft Exchange to Sun’s Java Enterprise System messaging and calendar servers for e-mail and calendaring.

Former Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry director of policy Karen Curtis has been named by the government as Australia's second Privacy Commissioner and will take up her post of July 12.

The New Zealand and Australian parliaments have demonstrated that closer economic relations apply to more than just the commercial realm.

Some 20 high-profile locations around Brisbane and the Gold Coast will be equipped with Wi-Fi technology as part of the state government's 12-month Wi-Fi trial to test the market and gauge the impact of mobile Internet on businesses.

Using the Internet for offensive and menacing purposes, including harassment and the advocacy of violence, will be outlawed as part of a crackdown on e-crime.

The federal government has made available more than $2.8 million in funding to regional councils to kickstart their move to get services online.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is working on a project to consolidate aviation records and streamline processes for increased organisational efficiency for its 500 users.

The Queensland government will spend $54 million over the next three years developing mobile communications infrastructure across the state.

Rapid growth in the mobile data market for corporates and government will drive revenue in 2003/04 as users take up new applications, Telstra's business sales managing director Murray Bergin said yesterday.