Western Australia

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  iPad initiative for pupils in WA

  A few Year 1 and 2 students just starting school have been put straight onto iPads to boost their reading and maths skills, under a new West Australian government program.

  By AAP | 01 February, 2012 14:59

  Tags: Colin Barnett, iPads, Liz Constable, tablets, Western Australia

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  Short shop hours boosting online sales

  Online shopping at Christmas time has become the norm among regional Western Australians because of restricted trading hours at shopping malls, retailers say.

  By AAP | 30 December, 2011 13:08

  Tags: ANRA Margy Osmond, Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA), online shopping, Western Australia

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  Digital TV boost for Western Australia

  Around 80 per cent of West Australians will have access to all digital television channels by mid-2012 as broadcasters install more transmitters in regional and remote areas, communications minister Stephen Conroy says.

  By AAP | 10 November, 2011 08:28

  Tags: digital tv, Western Australia

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  Nominations open for WA IT industry awards

  Nominations for the 2012 Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications Industry Awards (WAiTTA) have opened.

  By Lisa Banks | 06 October, 2011 10:34

  Tags: Curtin University, iAwards, Western Australia

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  CEDA wraps up WA state mapping project

  The WA Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has completed its project to map the state’s development, after wrapping up 12 forum sessions for its Inventing the Future project.

  By Lisa Banks | 31 August, 2011 13:30

  Tags: Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Esri Australia, GIS, mapping, Western Australia

• WA to develop voting application for vision impaired

  The WA Electoral Commission (WAEC) has flagged plans to develop a computer-based application to grant blind and vision-impaired voters the ability to cast a secret vote at the next state election.

  By Chloe Herrick | 04 July, 2011 16:51

  Tags: e-voting, Western Australia

• WA Health to deploy PAS by year's end

  Western Australia’s Department of Health has signed a $6.3 million contract with CSC for the implementation of a patient administration system (PAS) by the year's end, despite speculation the system would not be replaced until 2014.

  By Chloe Herrick | 30 May, 2011 13:32

  Tags: csc, e-health, iSOFT, patient administration system (PAS), software, Western Australia, Western Australia Department of Health

• WA government renews focus on e-waste

  The Western Australia Government is moving to better manage its e-waste through the institution of a new whole of government common use arrangement (CUA) for the disposal of ICT equipment.

  By Tim Lohman | 24 May, 2011 09:39

  Tags: e-waste, WA, Western Australia

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  WA Govt readvertises CIO role

  The Western Australian Government is again on the lookout for a CIO to overhaul the business systems of the Rottnest Island Authority.

  By Chloe Herrick | 19 May, 2011 11:13

  Tags: CIO role, Rottnest Island, WA Government, Western Australia

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  SMS lotto scam hits WA

  West Australians have been alerted about a Powerball lottery scam circulating through mobile phone text messages.

  By AAP | 11 May, 2011 16:37

  Tags: fake texts, lottery, mobile, mobile phones, Powerball, scams, security, sms, texting, text messaging, Western Australia

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  WA warning about bogus flood appeal email

  West Australians are being warned about a bogus email claiming to be from the Queensland premier's flood relief appeal and asking for donations by wire transfer.

  By AAP | 20 January, 2011 16:03

  Tags: fraud, Queensland floods, scams, Western Australia

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  Microsoft pips Google to secure student email deal at Curtin

  Western Australia-based Curtin University of Technology will soon begin its roll-out of Microsoft’s Live@edu hosted email platform, taking over 192,252 students and alumni across 11 global campuses, into the cloud for a future collaborative learning environment.

  By Kathryn Edwards | 08 September, 2009 08:00

  Tags: curtain university, live@edu, Microsoft, unified communications, university students, web 2.0, Western Australia

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  OLPC boosts outback education with laptop deployment

  One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Australia, has launched the first deployments of laptops to primary school children in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

  By Kathryn Edwards | 27 May, 2009 10:43

  Tags: CBA, education, Linux, northern territory, olpc, queensland, Western Australia, xo laptop