Power supplies to around 800 new properties across Perth will come from under the ground as projects to remove overhead power distribution networks continue full steam ahead.  [ + ]

CrimTrac, the information sharing service for Australian law enforcement and the DIBP, is deploying a multimodal biometric identification system from NEC. [ + ]

We ask our panel of experts to give their views on where and when governments should outsource infrastructure solutions, and when they should remain in-house. [ + ]

WA Police will be trialling body-worn video cameras in a first for the state, which is expected to help reduce assaults on personnel and increase early guilty pleas. [ + ]

Government agencies will build a culture of sharing as the federal government doubles down on cybersecurity with the release of its long-awaited Cyber Security Strategy. [ + ]

Government bodies of all kinds and sizes are ripe targets for cyber attackers, who'll stop at nothing to get their hands on sensitive and potentially lucrative data. [ + ]

The WA agriculture and food ministry has added new weather stations to its network as part of a project to provide growers in the region with accurate, localised information to aid decision-making. [ + ]

Local councils have been the most proactive in brainstorming the potential uses for nbn's Sky Muster satellite services. [ + ]

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has officially launched the government's national cybersecurity strategy, including 33 cybersecurity initiatives worth over $231 million. [ + ]

Smart city technologies hold the promise of transforming security and emergency services delivery through data analysis and pre-emptive decision-making. [ + ]

The CSIRO has selected 11 teams with innovative ideas to take part in the next round of its ON Accelerator program, which has been expanded to include Australian universities for the first time. [ + ]

NZ infrastructure operator Infratil has revealed plans to start converting certain vehicle types owned by its NZ Bus unit to electric power. [ + ]

High-level public servants are increasingly targeted with 'whaling' attacks, designed to trick them into wiring money under false pretences. [ + ]

The New Zealand government's international business development arm has signed an MoU with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to make it easier for NZ merchants to sell to China. [ + ]

An audit from NASA's Inspector General has found that the US space agency still lacks an effective agency-wide information security framework and should appoint a permanent senior security officer. [ + ]