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Articles and resources about how governments are providing and accessing services via mobile devices such as mobile phones and pdas in the state of Victoria, Australia.
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- Better Health Channel - iPhone and iPad mobile application
- The Department of Health's Better Health Channel has launched a free iPhone and iPad app to help Victorians take control of their health and wellbeing anytime, anywhere. The mobile app builds on the quality information Victorians have come to expect from the award winning Better Health Channel, by delivering only the best health and medical advice. The app delivers comprehensive, reliable and easy to understand information – all of which has been quality assured by medical experts. The Better Health Channel app enables Victorians to search, find and browse health information as well as locate an extensive range of health services.
Added: 27 September 2011
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- How to use Vote Victoria iPhone App
- Vote Victoria is an application to help voters find where to vote and to keep an eye on election results during the 2010 Victorian State Election.
Added: 23 November 2010
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- Information Victoria - online developments for and with citizens - Serve You Right, Melbourne, September 2011
- Paper presented by Amanda Finnis, Manager Online Strategy, eServices Unit, Information Victoria, Department of Business and Innovation, at the Serve You Right Conference, Melbourne, 15-16, September 2011. Mobile access to our websites on the up and up for vic.gov.au. Overview of what Information Victoria is doing with mobile government app development, citizen engagement and the redevelopment of the main entry point to Victorian Government.
Added: 27 September 2011
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- Mobile Government in Victoria
- Victoria Online Seminar series held Friday 18 May 2012. Over 70% of Australians own an internet-enabled mobile phone, with tablet computer penetration expected to reach 40% in 2012. Increasingly, citizens expect government to be available through these channels, whether for service provision, information or feedback. How can government effectively use mobile platforms to meet policy goals? This month's Victoria Online Seminar presented the experience and lessons from Victorian government mobile projects.
Added: 22 May 2012
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- New iPhone Application for Victorian State Election
- Australia's first election application Vote Victoria was launched today (18 November 2010) to assist Victorians with election information, postal voting, voting locations and elections results for the State government election being held on Saturday November 27, 2010.
Added: 18 November 2010
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- vic.gov.au has now gone mobile
- Visitors to www.vic.gov.au, the Victorian State Government's portal, who use smartphone devices will now be automatically directed to the mobile version at http://m.vic.gov.au.
Added: 15 February 2012
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- Victorian Government develops VicEvents Android, iPhone & iPad app
- VicEvents provides a list of thousands of Victorian events in one simple app.
Added: 31 October 2011
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- Using the new Public Transport Victoria iPhone app
- Public Transport Victoria, Sunday 22 April 2012. "The new Public Transport Victoria app gives you journey planning at your fingertips. Using the app you can plan your journey, navigate and follow your journey with the interactive map, find your current location with GPS, access real-time tram information and scheduled times for train and bus, save your favourite stops and stations and view service alterations. The new app is now available for free download from the iTunes Store..."
Added: 24 April 2012;
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- Report Litter iPhone App
- By EPA Victoria. iTunes. "EPA Victoria's public litter reporting system is unique to Australia and allows members of the public to report those who they see littering from or near motor vehicles..."
Added: 16 December 2011;
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- New iPhone app to combat litter
- Media Release, From the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Thursday, 15 December 2011. "Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith has launched the EPA Victoria's new i-phone litter application, Report Litter, which has been designed to make it easier for the public to report littering. Minister Smith said the free iPhone app would be online today, allowing every Victorian to be part of the solution to littering. "Victorians can now use an iPhone and the Report Litter app to report littering as it happens. The Report Litter app will provide Victorians a new and speedy way to report litter," Mr Smith said..."
Added: 16 December 2011;
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- Vic Heritage iPhone app
- By the Victorian Government's Department of Planning and Community Development. iTunes. "Vic Heritage explores the histories of the most important and unusual places in Melbourne and regional Victoria, Australia..."
Added: 16 December 2011;
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- Act Wild iPhone App Goes Wild!
- Zoos Victoria. "Act Wild is for school-age kids, teenagers, families, cool people, animal lovers and visitors to Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary and Werribee Open Range Zoo. Focused around eight animals – Tigers, Platypus, Wombats, Gorillas, Orang-utans, Zebras, Seals and the Growling Grass Frog – Zoos Victoria’s first iPhone and iPod Touch app helps you do your bit to help these animals in the wild. Watch videos, record your actions, check in to our Zoos, upload your photos, read the latest Zoo Feeds blog posts, or login/register to Act Wild. You can also view shopping tips, find local conservation events (in Victoria, Australia only) and find out more about Zoos Victoria’s conservation campaigns such as Don’t Palm Us Off and Wash for Wildlife..."
Added: 4 November 2011;
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- Victoria's events calendar goes mobile
- From the Minister for Technology. Media Release, Friday, 28 October 2011. "Victorians can now access up-to-the-minute information for events throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria from their smartphone, thanks to a free app from the Victorian Government. Users can search, find, browse and locate thousands of events including community events, food and wine festivals, and sport throughout Victoria. Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips encouraged all Victorians to use the app and find out what's happening throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria..."
Added: 31 October 2011;
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- Better Health Channel - Health Information and Services App
- By Department of Health (Victoria), Released: 19 September 2011. "Health and medical information you can trust. The Better Health Channel app helps you take control of your health and wellbeing by providing you with quality assured, reliable and trusted health information and services. The app includes: - Extensive health and medical information about conditions and diseases, their symptoms, management and care. - Treatments information - from simple lifestyle adjustments to medical procedures, associated risks and potential treatment alternatives. - First aid procedures for a wide range of common injuries - from bites and burns to heat stroke and hypothermia. - Suburb and postcode discovery and detailed map directions to Victorian health service providers such as doctors, dentists, pharmacists and physiotherapists - Urgent medical help and advice contacts including Nurse On Call, Kids helpline, Poisons Information, Lifeline and more..."
Added: 22 September 2011;
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- Victorian government puts health info in an app
- By Stephen Withers. ITWire, Tuesday, 20 September 2011. "A new iOS app delivers health and medical information from the Victorian Government's Better Health Channel. The Victorian Government's Better Health Channel website has been in operation for over a decade, and in that time has won a number of awards for sites in the health and medical category. The site was given a major makeover last year, and the latest development is a free app for the iPhone and iPad..."
Added: 22 September 2011;
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- M-Government 2012 - Conference - 1 May 2012, Melbourne
- Delivered by Terrapinn. "Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre - Co-located with The Mobile Show exhibition, M-Government world is a one day strategic conference. M-Government world brings Government together with device manufacturers, application developers, telco's and related experts to learn how to use mobile to improve citizen engagement and provide faster, streamlined services, as well as maximising the productivity of their workforce..."
Added: 29 August 2011;
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- New app to take visitors on tour
- by Harrison Polites. The Age, July 20, 2011. "International recognition of Melbourne's iconic architecture may be getting a boost, thanks to a new iPod and iPhone app promoting 10 of the city's most unique buildings. The free application, ''The Sound of Buildings'', aims to capture the stories behind some of Melbourne's significant constructions, giving users access to interviews with architects, construction workers and engineers..."
Added: 20 July 2011;
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- PlanningVIC: Planning Property Report
- By Intunity Pty Ltd. "The app accesses the Victorian Government's Planning Property Report service which provides free reports to planning information for any property in Victoria, Australia. The app uses your current location (when in Victoria), or allows entry of any other address in Victoria, to gain access to the report for that property. Reports are delivered in PDF format and are identical to those which are also available from the Department of Planning and Community Development web site. Typically, this app would be used by real estate agents, planners, architects and potential property purchasers to help them view a quick snapshot of the planning constraints of a property..."
Added: 30 June 2011;
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- New online services improve access to planning scheme information
- From the Minister for Planning, Media Release, Thursday, 30 June 2011. "Minister for Planning Matthew Guy today announced two new online services to improve accessibility to Victoria's planning schemes. The PlanningVIC: Planning Property Report iPhone app and the Planning Scheme Histories Online Service provide simple access to planning scheme information..."
Added: 30 June 2011;
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- Snap Send Solve
- Developed by Outware Mobile. "Snap Send Solve let's citizens report problems to your council conveniently and accurately, in under 30 seconds. Snap Send Solve is a free iPhone app that lets citizens report issues and provide feedback to your council in under 30 seconds. How Snap Send Solve Works Snap Send Solve determines the citizens location using GPS and sends back all relevant council details, including your council contact information, location, and email address. All reports from Snap Send Solve are sent from a citizens email address so that your council can communicate directly with the citizen to resolve the issue. We are working to develop deeper integration with council backend systems..."
Added: 20 June 2011;
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- iComplain app proves a hit for ratepayers
- by Mitchell Toy. Sunday Herald Sun, June 19, 2011. "Disgruntled ratepayers have been given a new hi-tech weapon to report vandalism and damage to slow-moving local councils. An iPhone application that allows users to take a photo of faulty infrastructure and automatically send it to the right council using GPS positioning is becoming a hit across the country. The free Snap Send Solve app, made by Melbourne tech developer Outware Mobile, has already been used to report thousands of problems including graffiti, broken parking ticket machines and potholes..."
Added: 20 June 2011;
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- iPhone app and web widget put sun protection in the palm of your hand
- Cancer Council, 25 November 2010. "As part of National Skin Cancer Action Week (21-27 Nov), Cancer Council is launching two user-friendly tools that will make it easier than ever for people to be SunSmart this summer. The SunSmart app for iPhones and UV Alert widget (for websites) are free to download, so whether you are at work, home or on the move, you can check the times of the day when sun protection is needed..."
Added: 26 November 2010;
Page views: 861
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This category last updated: 22 May 2012
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