The Biggest Tech and Science News From the 2021 Federal Budget
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Digital Economy Strategy
We already knew a bit about what the 2021 Federal Budget has in store for the tech sector. Last week the government announced a $1.2 billion Digital Economy Strategy. It includes a few things:
My Health Record gets $300 million
The controversial centralised health platform, My Health Record, is getting $300 million for mostly COVID-19 related updates.
This will supposedly provide Australians with their test results as well as their vaccine status. It will also send vaccine-related alert notifications to people’s device of choice.
Part of the funding will also go towards connecting My Health Record to Residential Aged Care Facilities to “[deliver] improvements in medication management and transitions of care between health care settings.”
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Community health and fitness advocate Mark Lorenzoni joined the show to discuss a special public forum highlighting UVA’s contribution to our local running community and a conversation with the first woman to accept an athletic scholarship at UVA Margaret Groos and UVA’s first African American female Athletics Director Carla Williams as part of UVA’s Track Talks.
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Akufo-Addo gov t committed to deepening culture of free speech -Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
By Abraham Ananpansah
MAY 10, 2021
The Minister of Information, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for the Ofoase-Ayirebi Constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has reiterated the resolve of the Akufo-Addo administration to deepening the frontiers of free speech and the independence of the media.
This he said was evident in the passage of the Right to Information Bill into law, the opening of the Office for the Coordinated Mechanisms for the Safety of Journalists, recruitment of RTI Officers inter alia.
Interacting with journalists of the Savannah Region at Damongo as part of his duty tour of the five regions in the North, the minister acknowledged the fact that the media plays a critical role in ensuring our democracy functions and function very well.
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