Northern Territory - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in the Northern Territory.
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e-Government - Northern Territory - Archive
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Archived articles and resources about e-Government activities in Northern Territory.
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Northern Territory Business Centres - Serve You Right, Melbourne, September 2011
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Paper presented by Chris Hoffman, Department of Business and Employment (Northern Territory), at the Serve You Right Conference, Melbourne, September 15-16, 2011. The initial contact and referral point for: Gateway to NT Government Business Services,Starting or growing a business, Business and licence information service (BLIS),
Lodgement of over 200 NT Government licences, Business planning assistance and Links to departmental assistance programs.
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Tourism Northern Territory rolls out free Wi-Fi service in Alice Springs
- Visitors to Todd Mall can access the Internet for three hours with a maximum 200MB download, by Hamish Barwick. Computerworld, 2 May, 2013. "Alice Springs visitors and locals will be able to access three hours of free Wi-Fi every day following the rollout of a service by Tourism Northern Territory (NT) in the city’s Todd Mall.
A maximum of 200 megabytes (MB) download will be available from any Wi-Fi enabled device..."
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Kiosk for Online Vehicle Registry Installed in Australia
- By Sumedha Jalote, FutureGov, 22 February 2013. "The Department of Transport, Northern Territory Government in Australia, installed an internet-enabled kiosk at a Motor Vehicle Registry to help citizens conduct transactions online.
Customers can use the 'QuickPay Station' to new vehicle registrations and driver licenses online. The kiosk aims to help citizens who do not have easy access to phone or the internet at home..."
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NT expands free Wi-Fi rollout on public bus service
- Buses in Darwin and Alice Springs to get free Wi-Fi services, by Hamish Barwick (Computerworld), 20 February 2013. "The Northern Territory government will provide free Wi-Fi services on public buses in Darwin and Alice Springs following the successful introduction of the program earlier this month.
NT transport minister Adam Giles said five more free Wi-Fi connected buses will go into service across the NT capital by late March..."
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TendersOnline - Northern Territory Government - Android App
- Google Play. "The all new Quotations and Tenders Online App allows users to view and track government quotes and tenders. It also allows you to receive alerts and notifications based on your preferences and view your business information. The full website version on the other hand, allows users to not only view and track, but also to lodge tenders for government work as well as record and store your business information. You can visit the full site at http://www.nt.gov.au/tenders..."
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Tenders Available through New App in Australia
- By Sumedha Jalote. FutureGov, 15 February 2013. "The Northern Territory Government in Australia released a new smartphone application for businesses yesterday as part of its efforts to modernise the government tender system. The app, available for free for Android and iOS-enabled devices, will provide information about government quotations and tenders. Users can view and track quotes and tenders, and set preferences to receive alerts and notifications..."
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Healthier future for remote Northern Territory communities
- Joint media release, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity; The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Indigenous Health, Federal Member for Lingiari; The Hon Kon Vatskalis MLA, Minister for Health, Northern Territory Government, 31 July 2012.
"Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today launched a telehealth initiative that will help remote communities in the Northern Territory get better access to healthcare.
The Health eTowns TelehealthNT Network project is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Governments and is part of a $20 million Digital Regions Initiative that will:
- improve the delivery of health and education services to people in 47 remote towns in the Northern Territory;
- provide telehealth services to emergency rooms and resuscitation areas in Northern Territory regional hospitals and 17 Territory Growth Towns; and
- allow doctors based in Darwin to examine, talk to, and diagnose patients in remote areas through the use of high-definition Medicarts and room-based units.
'Telehealth has the potential to save lives. Through high-speed broadband, people in remote areas can get speedy healthcare and clinical attention when they need it. It also removes the burden of travel, helping patients stay in their communities and potentially recover faster', Senator Conroy said
'Interactive online education and training programs have also been implemented to give students and trainees access to mainstream health education programs that are currently only available to students in larger cities'..."
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Health eTowns TelehealthNT Network project launched
- nbn.gov.au, Published on August 1, 2012. "The Digital Regions Initiative Health eTowns TelehealthNT Network project has been launched by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.
The Health eTowns TelehealthNT Network project is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Governments and is part of a $20 million Digital Regions Initiative..."
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NT Budget looks to cloud, virtualisation
- By Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia, May 3, 2012. "The Northern Territory Government has outed plans to invest in private cloud and virtualisation in the 2012-13 budget cycle, in an attempt to improve cost effectiveness.
According to budget documents, the Northern Territory Government has laid out $20 million over the next 12 months for modernising, virtualising and greening its datacentre environment..."
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Schools in Australia Northern Territory get wifi and iPads
- By Xinghui Guo. FutureGov, 28 September 2011. "154 schools located in Australia’s Northern Territory, a federal territory with a population of 230,000, are getting wifi networks from the Department of Education and Training (DET), Northern Territory Government..."
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Territory to Lead E-Health Records for Indigenous Australians
- Joint Release - The Hon Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing; The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Indigenous Health, Member for Lingiari; Trish Crossin, Senator for the Northern Territory. Media Release, 29 March 2011. "Territorians will be one of the first groups of Australians to have access to e-health records thanks to a new national health reform e-health project announced today. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians will benefit from e-health records as they will reduce the chance of medical errors and save patients from having to repeat their health history every time they visit a new doctor. Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon announced today that the Northern Territory Department of Health and Families has been selected as one of nine new e-health lead implementation sites nationally for the Gillard Government's $467 million national personally controlled electronic health records (PCEHR) project..."
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NT preps for e-health roll-out with hub
- By Josh Taylor, ZDNet Australia, March 15th, 2011. "The Northern Territory Department of Health has unveiled plans to roll out an e-health communications system across the territory in preparation for the implementation of the Federal Government's e-health agenda. The e-Health Enterprise Integration Hub being implemented by InterSystems and DWS Advanced Business Solutions will build on the territory's existing secure messaging delivery system that was aligned with the standards proposed by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA). The system will be able to use individual health identifiers, personally controlled e-health records (PCEHR) and the National Authentication Service for Health..."
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NT leads in developing e-health platform
- by Karen Dearne. The Australian, March 15, 2011. "The Northern Territory is first to adopt a jurisdiction-wide e-health platform, selecting InterSystems's enterprise integration hub Ensemble to connect shared medical records and messaging services across the sector. Northern Territory Health chief information officer Stephen Moo said the aim was to create a robust hub to handle growing volumes of clinical messaging and resolve interoperability issues..."
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NT sends e-health messaging system live
- National standards take a step forward, by Georgina Swan. Computerworld, 17 December, 2009. "The implementation of national e-health standards has taken another step forward with Northern Territory health agencies launching a secure messaging delivery system to share information between different clinical software systems..."
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Real-Time Bus Map for Darwin
- Posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Thursday, December 3, 2009. "The Darwin Bus Map is another of the many Google Maps mashups submitted to the recent Mashup Australia Contest. The map displays bus routes and timetables for Darwin, Australia..."
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All-in rumble for $80m NT Govt tender
- by Renai LeMay, ZDNet Australia, 27 July 2009. "Virtually every large technology goods and services provider in Australia has thrown their hat in the ring as the Northern Territory Government prepares to overhaul its ICT contracts in an $80 million whole of government purchasing initiative..."
This category last updated: 2 May 2013