John Hilvert

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Canberra correspondent John Hilvert has twenty years experience in journalism, public policy, web development and research. Writing from Parliament House in Canberra, Hilvert has worked in public policy for five Commonwealth agencies, authored over a dozen education books, worked as communications director for the Internet Industry Association and edited Australian PC User magazine. Hilvert has also worked as a journalist The Australian, MIS and Computerworld Australia, among other titles. He is an unashamed bluegrass tragic.

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Data breach notification law to be introduced to Parliament this week 
 
Budget 2013: full IT brief 
May 15, 2013 | Comment Now 
Rationalisation and consolidation feature heavily.
 
Aussie gov't mulls geo-blocking ban 
Mar 26, 2013 | Comment Now 
Remedies from the IT price inquiry.
 
Gaps in Australian cyber security centre exposed 
Feb 13, 2013 | Comment Now 
Skewed lines of accountability, system readiness.
 
NBN Co blames contractor for dropped forecast 
Feb 13, 2013 | Comment Now 
'Range of issues' force numbers downgrade.
 
Parliament readies one stop IT shop 
Feb 12, 2013 | Comment Now 
Lync issues, alleged computer misuse addressed.
 
Google beats ACCC in High Court 
Feb 6, 2013 | Comment Now 
Ends long-standing battle over misleading advertising.
 
Aussie IT job vacancies plummet 
Oct 26, 2012 | Comment Now 
No bounce back yet.
 
Cyber attacks against Australian Govt rise 
Oct 24, 2012 | Comment Now 
Minister urges 'catch, patch and match'.
 
NBN Co defends fibre rollout progress 
Oct 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Will meet premises passed targets to June 2013.
 
Feds prepare multi-million dollar CabNet revamp 
Sep 11, 2012 | Comment Now 
Could put sensitive docs on ministers' iPads.
 
Govt eyes cloud safety guidelines 
Sep 5, 2012 | Comment Now 
Agencies required to show safeguards in place.
 
NSW Govt to cull panels 
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Copyright could cramp cloud computing 
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Datacom joins crowded federal ICT panel 
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Will launch less restrictive supplier scheme.
 
ACT to save $9m from ICT slow-downs 
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Qld considers centralised ICT purchasing 
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Audit to look for massive savings.
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