A Sydney-based journalist and writer

Archive ~ May 2008

May 26, 2008 at 11:16 am

Tasmania pays $5 million NBN bond

What a day … I wrote a stack of articles which are yet to be published. But one was, a scoop that the Tasmanian state government had paid the $5 million bond to be able to submit a bid to the Australian government’s National Broadband Network process. You can read the full article on MISAustralia.com [...]

May 21, 2008 at 07:54 am

South Australia appoints Andrew Mills state CIO

This week one of my favourite stories was my scoop that the South Australian state government had in April, appointed long-time staffer Andrew Mills as its new state chief information officer, following the departure of his predecessor Grantley Mailes in February this year.
You can read the full story at MISAustralia.com here.

May 15, 2008 at 08:18 am

Accolades at the IT Journalism awards

Every year the Australian company MediaConnect, the main company tracking Australian technology journalists, holds an awards night to give credit to the best writers in the field.
Congratulations must go to everyone who won awards; despite the fact that we all work for different companies and publications, we are all engaged in a noble endeavour, bringing [...]

May 12, 2008 at 11:10 am

Optus and Vodafone will sell Australian iPhone

Finally … Optus and Vodafone have confirmed plans to bring Apple’s iPhone to Australia. I missed some of the action last week but you can read my article on Optus’ announcement today on MIS Australia’s web site here. No word if Hutchison (‘3′) and Telstra will follow suit.

May 12, 2008 at 10:53 am

Back from the honeymoon

Some people may not know, but early last month I became a husband. This is a picture of my wife Kate and I on our wedding day. Consequently I haven’t written any articles for a month or so.