Multimedia Victoria

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The Information Economy and Connecting
Victoria November 2000

• Multimedia Victoria
• www.mmv.vic.gov.au

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ICT is transforming the economy and society

• Fundamental change
• ICT is creating new
• activities
• products
• services
• customers
• channels
• competitors
• processes
• communities and society
• intermediaries
• business, consumer and community networks

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Broad characteristics of fundamental changes

• rapidly becomes all pervasive
• becomes commodity and costs fell quickly
• innovation exploded
• full ramifications were consistently
  under-estimated
• bring high benefits to both business and
  citizens, however
• history shows that private investment often sub
  optimal from a societys point of view,
  especially in the early stages
• Government has a role in facilitating adjustment
  and mitigating any negative economic and social
  effects that the new change brings

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Its big, but Victoria can lag

• 12 of world economic activity
• In Australia, growing 300 faster than economy
• E-commerce 2.7 growth in GDP

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Why Act ???

• Moving the adoption curves
• Mitigating negative impacts and facilitating the
  adjustment process

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Links between economic and social policy

• Three forms of capital for a healthy vibrant
  society
• physical capital the physical infrastructure
  (including the natural environment) that is
  necessary for economic and social activity
• human capital the sum of skills and knowledge
  that people apply to economic and social
  endeavours, including information
• social capital the social infrastructure in
  communities and the strength of social fabric

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Links between economic and social policy

• The Secretary-General of the OECD said recently
• No single policy lever holds the key to the "New
  Economy". Instead, a constellation of mutually
  reinforcing policies is needed that will allow
  entrepreneurs, firms and workers to react quickly
  and exploit new opportunities AND
• "All democracies must guard against the
  development and persistence of significant
  "divides" in their economies and their societies.
  Many people, even in advanced societies of the
  OECD, are in danger of becoming permanently
  disconnected from society because they are unable
  to participate in the modern economy. Not only
  does this cause enormous personal distress, it
  imposes heavy direct economic costs on society.
  That is why social investment must help
  individuals and, in consequence, countries take
  full advantage of the human capital potential
  they possess
• The New Economy", a speech by Donald J. Johnston,
  Secretary-General of the OECD, June 2000.

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Connecting Victoria

• Six key implementation strategies

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Connecting Victoria

• Building a learning society

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Connecting Victoria

• Building a learning society
• Growing the industries of the future

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Connecting Victoria

• Building a learning society
• Growing the industries of the future
• Boosting e-commerce

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Connecting Victoria

• Building a learning society
• Growing the industries of the future
• Boosting e-commerce
• Connecting communities

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Connecting Victoria

• Building a learning society
• Growing the industries of the future
• Boosting e-commerce
• Connecting Communities
• Improving infrastructure and access

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Connecting Victoria

• Building a learning society
• Growing the industries of the future
• Boosting e-commerce
• Connecting Communities
• Improving infrastructure and access
• Promoting a new style of Government

• VicONE
• Standardised desktop environment across Govt
• Integrated e-mail and workflow
• Government Online gt 150 services plus 500,000
  pages
• Cross Government Channels being delivered
• EC4P (14.5m allocated)
• Facilitate more joined up models across
  Government
• E-democracy select committee inquiry