Small and medium Australian IT businesses marketing to the Federal Government will get a shot in the arm, with the announcement of a federal body designed to advocate government patronage of smaller IT suppliers.

Federal Minister for Education Julia Gillard has this week announced a massive $810 million package of funding to 537 schools across the country, focussing on the construction and upgrading of science and language facilities.

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South Australian Premier Mike Rann has firmly reinforced plans to replace the Royal Adelaide Hospital, with an health research centre, worth $200 million, to be built adjacent to the site.

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Federal Infrastructure minister Anthony Albanese has been at the forefront of the Rudd Government's spending whirlwind this month, announcing dozens of locally focussed infrastructure projects.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has revealed the largest public infrastructure projects in Australia's history with the announcement of a final decision for his National Broadband Network.

The Western Australian State Government's moves towards entrenching itself in the shared services club continue to proceed shakily, with a statement released last week by the Department of Treasury and Finance indicating yet another course correction for the troubled program.

Incumbent Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has this week outlined a potentially grim future for the public sector in her state, expressing an intent to "streamline the business of government" through huge cuts to the state's 23 major departments and 450 agencies.

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has made several strong moves indicating the development of a major program of information and communication technology reform.