Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) technology has been successfully trialled across South Australian fire management vehicles, helping to provide real-time...
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Virtual reality firefighting training boosts skills and safety
Eliza Booth, , Disaster Management, News, Project, Risk management, Safety, Skills and training, Smart Cities, Smart communities, Spotlight, Technology, VIC, 0An innovative, state-of-the-art virtual reality (VR) training program is set to be rolled out in Victoria, which will simulate...
More funding drives smart, economic bushfire recovery
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Disaster Management, Funding, News, QLD, Safety, Smart Cities, Smart communities, Spotlight, Technology, 0Queensland councils will share in $8.9 million of funding for a range of projects to help drive the economic...
NSW Digital Twin informs bushfire emergency planning
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Digital Twin, Disaster Management, News, NSW, Smart Cities, Smart communities, Spotlight, Technology, 0The NSW Department of Customer Service (DCS) Spatial Services and CSIRO’s Data61 have revealed that the NSW Spatial Digital...
Project studies how Twitter affects bushfire recovery
Eliza Booth, , Communications and connectivity, Disaster Management, News, Research, Spotlight, Technology, Trends, 0Work is now underway on a new project that will study how social media is affecting the recovery of...
Digital Inclusion Index highlights COVID impact, inequality
Eliza Booth, , Communications and connectivity, Disaster Management, News, People, Smart Cities, Smart communities, Spotlight, Technology, Trends, 0The 2020 Australian Digital Inclusion Index has been released and shows a high level of digital inequality in Australia,...
$8.3 million funding for airborne fire-mapping technology
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Condition monitoring and maintenance, Disaster Management, Drones, News, Risk management, Safety, Technology, WA, 0Western Australian communities and firefighters are set to benefit from a new multimillion dollar investment into high-tech fire mapping...
Venue check-in app launches in NSW
Eliza Booth, , Communications and connectivity, Disaster Management, News, NSW, Risk management, Safety, Smart Cities, Smart communities, Technology, 0A new check-in app has been launched in NSW that allows patrons to check-in at venues across the state...
Griffith University develop flood monitoring sensor network
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Condition monitoring and maintenance, Disaster Management, Internet of Things, Internet of Things (IoT), News, Risk management, Safety, Smart Cities, Smart communities, Software, Spotlight, Technology, 0The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has awarded Griffith University researchers a $400,000 grant to develop a...
NSW Councils invited to apply for Climate change grants
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Disaster Management, Funding, Government, News, NSW, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Technology, 0NSW councils have been invited to apply for a share of $605,000 in third round funding as part of...
Expressions open for WA business tech training programs
Eliza Booth, , Communications and connectivity, Disaster Management, Funding, Government, Internet of Things, News, Project, Skills and training, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Technology, 0The Western Australian Government has launched a new program to assist small regional businesses accelerate their growth, create jobs,...
Report highlights how energy efficient buildings can boost jobs
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Construction, Disaster Management, Environment and Sustainability, News, Project, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0A new flagship report Every Building Counts has highlighted the ways that energy efficiency building programs can boost construction...
$15 million to make Sydney’s public spaces safer
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Congestion, Construction, Disaster Management, News, NSW, People, Population, Project, Risk management, Safety, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Sustainability, Wellbeing, 0Sydney is set to be transformed with new public spaces in an effort to assist new social distancing norms...
$220 million upgrade to CSIRO biosecurity facility
Kim Ho, , Disaster Management, Funding, Government, Industry Insight, Investment, News, Planning, Policy, Research, Risk management, Safety, Spotlight, Technology, VIC, 0CSIRO’s world-class, high containment biosecurity research facility in Geelong has received a $220 million upgrade to assist its work...
Final design released for Melbourne’s Elizabeth Street upgrade
Imogen Hartmann, , Disaster Management, News, Planning, Road, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Urban Development, VIC, 0The City of Melbourne has released a final design for the upgrade to the flood-prone southern end of Elizabeth...
New substation to ‘double backup’ Melbourne’s power supply
Kim Ho, , Disaster Management, Environment and Sustainability, News, Policy, Project, Smart Cities, Urban Development, Utilities, VIC, 0Melbourne’s CBD will soon have doubly secure power, with a $250 million upgrade to its electricity infrastructure in the...
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