
Infrastructure Focus Areas
"Connecting people with services, people with systems, and people with people."
Strategic Directions
Coordinated Infrastructure Planning |
Effective Governance |
Viable and Sustainable Infrastructure |
Efficient Infrastructure Delivery |
Leveraging our |
Legislation and standard guidelines promote common and integrated approaches to digital infrastructure planning across the State |
Digital enablement of infrastructure operation and management is a core component to cost benefit analysis and business cases |
System-wide digital infrastructure underpins health, education, hazard and emergency management and other services |
Transition of Government-based services to virtual or online approach |
Tasmania is favoured location for scalable trials of next generation infrastructure principles and approaches |
Digital infrastructure corridors established with power, transport, water infrastructures |
Alignment of government policy, guidelines and legislation to promote digitally based innovation |
Equity in service provision between urban, regional and rural Tasmania, through use of digital infrastructure |
Tasmania's small size and existing governance and business structures allow co-operation by State Government, local government utilities, communities and the private sector to support new telecommunications infrastructure and new digital business models | |
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Modernise governance of ICT to coordinate the digital transformation of Government services, including creating infrastructures to support improved service delivery. |
High digital literacy and participation across community, business and Government |
System-wide digital technology (eg smart grids) used to operate and manage other infrastructures |
Current Activities to Achieve Strategic Directions
Coordinated Infrastructure Planning |
Effective Governance |
Viable and Sustainable Infrastructure |
Efficient Infrastructure Delivery |
Leveraging our |
Consultation with local councils on streamlining planning processes for National Broadband Network ( |
Establish protocols with the Australian Government for information sharing on digital infrastructure issues, to encourage and alignment of Australian Government policy with State developments |
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Achieve selection as first State to receive National Broadband Network infrastructure ( |
Arrange use of Aurora pole infrastructure to support National Broadband Network fibre to the premises cabling |
Establish diverse stakeholder advisory group to provide ideals and feed back to government (Digital Futures Advisory Committee) |
Develop and implement new Service Tasmania Online public interface (online shop) |
Establishment of a company to roll out and operate the Tasmanian National Broadband Network footprint |
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Establish industry and community partnerships for new digital infrastructure |
Commission engineering study on new Bass Strait undersea optic fibre cable |
Establish Flexible Learning School to deliver distance education and e-learning State-wide using web 2 technologies delivered over broadband |
First stage National Broadband Network roll out plan approved by the Australian Government and national roll out company ( |
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Participate in developing the National Schools Interoperability Framework |
Develop 5 year vision for Tasmania underpinned by utilisation of digital infrastructure |
Implement Service Tasmania client update service for advising Government of change of address |
Complete first stage roll out, including new backhaul, three fibre to the premises footprints, and delivery of services across footprint |
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Establish a governance structure to oversee and promote e-health strategy in Department of Health and Human Services ( |
Implement a single Patient Administration System across major State Government hospitals |
Achieve full NBN roll out. Target is 200,000 premises covered by fibre-to-the-premises,plus wireless and satellite infrastructure for the remaining premises (5-10) |
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Apply standards and outputs from the National Schools interoperability Framework ( |
Implement patient and client management systems across mental health and primary health services |
Second stage NBN roll-out, including fibre to-the-premises to 10,000 premises in seven towns ( |
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Establish an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy Board to advise the Premier on strategies for the use of digital technologies across government ( |
Implement a state-wide digital imaging management system to support storage and retrieval of all medical images electronically and available at all sites across the State |
Third stage NBN roll-out, including fibre-to-the-remises to 90,000 premises(5-10) |
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Through ICT Policy Board, develop and implement a strategy, including investment priorities, for the use of digital technologies across the government ( |
Develop National Broadband Network participation plans for the health and education sectors |
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Make Service Tasmania Online accessible from mobile services (0-3) |
Initiate Activities to Achieve Strategic Directions
Coordinated Infrastructure Planning |
Effective Governance |
Viable and Sustainable Infrastructure |
Efficient Infrastructure Delivery |
Leveraging our |
Determine how to facilitate shared access to trenches and easements for road / electricity / telecommunications / gas |
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Trial smart grid technology in selected towns |
Health and education services delivery trials |
Attract first national digital service delivery trial to Tasmania |
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Digitally enhance tourism experience across the State |
Digital TV transition and options for IPTV delivery over NBN |
Establish digital technology demonstration sites as part of community education |
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State-wide smart grid established |
Establish state-wide next generation municipal management |
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Introduce end-to-end electronic transactions through Service Tasmania Online (eg smart forms) |
Construction of additional Bass Strait optic fibre cable |
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Establish systems to improve hazard and emergency management through access to combined spatial data |
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Further increase in educational offerings in remote and regional Tasmania through the use of new technologies and ubiquitous broadband |
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Use telehealth video conferencing and other technology to increase the availability of health services in regional and rural communities |
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() = completed
(O) = Ongoing task
(*) = Refer to February 2013 Implementation Report
(0-3) = 0 to 3 years to completion
(3-5) = 3 to 5 years to completion
(5-10) = 5 to 10 years to completion