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Leading members of NSW universities, industry and government have met at Western Sydney University to officially launch a project which is designed to create a best practice methodology for different air quality issues local governments face in different communities across NSW.

GUEST OPINION by Byron Yeung, Vice President APAC, Data Integration Division at Qlik: Data is critical to local government operations. It helps them allocate resources, address pressing issues facing the community, and so on. Ultimately, data helps local governments better serve communities through data-informed decision-making. Unfortunately, it’s not utilised nearly as much as it can and should be.

GUEST OPINION by Sam Deckert, Managing Director and Principal Consultant at Peak Insight: Following severe disruptions in early 2020 as COVID-19 began its rampage across the globe, local government offices are slowly coming back to life. It’s becoming increasingly clear, however, that they will be very different workplace environments.

VENDOR NEWS AND VIEWS: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA:   Civica, a global leader in software for public and community services, has announced the launch of Authority Altitude, a new software suite aimed at streamlining operations and improving how councils engage with their community, which has gained even greater importance as they manage the challenges that follow the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite COVID-19 resulting in revenue pressures from slowing sales and consumer demand for new products, many major telecoms carriers say they still have the cash flow to move ahead with 5G deployments, according to one global data and analytics firm.

GUEST OPINION by Christian Lucarelli, VP Sales Asia Pacific, Nintex: In an effort to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs, increasing numbers of Australia’s local governments are embarking on a strategy of process automation. For many, however, a fundamental question quickly arises: exactly where do you start?

GUEST OPINION by Christian Lucarelli, VP Sales Asia Pacific, Nintex: In an effort to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs, increasing numbers of Australia’s local governments are embarking on a strategy of process automation. For many, however, a fundamental question quickly arises: exactly where do you start?

The Australian Government has commenced the next stage of consultation on the $53 million Regional Connectivity Program aimed at improving digital connectivity in regional and rural Australia.

Optus has called for national reform to facilitate 5G deployment and urged industry and government collaboration to reassess what it calls “outdated” deployment rules.