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Before 1969, Australia did not have a national telephone number for emergency services; the police, fire and ambulance services had many telephone numbers, one for each local unit. In 1961, the Postmaster-General's Department started introducing the 000 telephone number in major population centres, and during the 1960s, extended its coverage to ...
The Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) was an Australian government department that existed between October 1998 and December 2007. The Department was closed on 3 December 2007 and its authority was transferred to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy .
The centre is named after General Sir John Monash, who led the Australian Corps on the Western Front in 1918. [4] The A$100 million cost was met by the Australian Government. [5] [6] [7] The centre's opening was in 2018, the centenary year of the end of the war, with the official opening ceremony held prior to Anzac Day, 25 April. [8] [9]
The AGLS Metadata Standard, originally known as the Australian Government Locator Service, was created by the National Archives of Australia as a standard to describe government resources. [1] It was published for a general audience by Standards Australia as AS 5044:2002, and reissued as AS 5044-2010 on 30 June 2010. [ 2 ]
In March 2006, australia.gov.au was awarded "Best Government Site" by Australian NetGuide. [2]The Australian Financial Review reported that efforts in 2017 to centralise all government websites australia.gov.au, similar to gov.uk, had faded after departments resisted moves to centralise government communications.
This was while Canstruct were negotiating the Nauru contract with the Australian Government. On September 28, the Government had issued a letter of intent to grant Canstruct a small $8 million, 6-month contract to provide garrison services on Nauru. The Liberal National Party was in government at the time (see 2016 Australian federal election). [5]
Australian government immigration detention centres in Australia and offshore Facility Status Classification Managed Opened Closed Capacity nominal; [surge] Location Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre: Closed: Maximum: Australasian Correctional Management (G4S subsidiary) September 2002: August 2007: 660; [220] Cultana, South ...
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the successor to the Cyber Security Operations Centre, is the Australian Government's lead agency for cyber security. The ACSC is part of the Australian Signals Directorate and is based at the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation headquarters in Brindabella Business Park in Canberra .