Smart Cities

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  Your say: Lorraine Tighe, Smart Cities Consultant

  We ask the former City of Melbourne innovation lab leader about the state of the Internet of Things in Australia.
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  Australian Government polls industry about smart cities, regions, towns

  Wants to know about standout products and services, lessons learned and challenges.
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  Smart cities: The promises and failures of utopian technological planning

  For utopian cities to succeed, they should offer technological solutions to urban challenges.
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  Newcastle ramps up smart city applications

  Five applications demonstrated on new LoRaWAN network.
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  Preventing failures in SA’s water network

  SA Water wins the IoT Project of the Year at IoT Awards.
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  The Aussie company metering South Korea’s water

  Freestyle Technology highly commended in IoT Awards.
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  Australia's top IoT projects revealed

  Meet the winners of our 2018 IoT Awards.
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  Newcastle to roll out LoRaWAN network

  NNNCo wins key role in smart city strategy.
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  Helping councils discover the power of connected devices

  Thinxtra scores finalist spot in IoT Awards.
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  Protecting Melbourne Water assets with IoT

  The Victorian utility wins an IoT Awards finalist spot.
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  Making drains smarter for Yarra Ranges Council

  Fujitsu, Downer and EYEfi win IoT Awards finalist spot.
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  Smart drains to help prevent flooding

  Victorian council trialling system to monitor water levels and flow rates.
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  Australian govt told to take control of smart cities

  Standards are vital to containing costs, Standards Australia says.
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  Telstra’s IoT business ‘one of the most successful globally’

  CEO talks up ‘source of new growth’.
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  11,000 Victorian police to get body cameras

  Also adopting Axon’s cloud solution for video storage.
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  52 smart city projects to receive government backing

  $28.5 million in total funding announced.
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  First government-funded smart city projects named

  Details of Darwin and Perth projects revealed.
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  Melbourne and Sydney ranked highly as smart cities

  But rankings let down by environmental concerns.
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  Auckland’s smart city priorities revealed

  ICT and smart city plans due by the end of 2017.
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  Aussie firm creates the internet of power poles

  Trials in NSW, WA and Canada on the cards.