❓ The Minister for Finance provides a positive update on the GovHack 2015 event, highlighting WA's success and government support. The event fostered innovation and resulted in national and international recognition for WA participants.
AnsweredQoN 690Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
GOVHACK 2015
690. Mr M.H. TAYLOR to the Minister for
Finance:
Can the minister please update the
house on the GovHack 2015 event, which was supported by this Liberal–National
government?
690. Mr M.H. TAYLOR to the Minister for
Finance:
Can the minister please update the
house on the GovHack 2015 event, which was supported by this Liberal–National
government?
AnswerView source ↗
That is a very good question. The
member for Bateman is a strong supporter of accelerators, which are innovative
hubs for young people to develop apps and a whole lot of information. It is the
future for some of our industries. GovHack sounds like an event for hacking
into government data, but it is quite the opposite. It is an event that the
state government supports in Perth. This is the third time the Western
Australian government has been involved in this event. It was held on the
weekend of 3–5 July and I opened the event. It is held in 22 locations
at the same time right across Australia. Western Australia has been involved in
the event in the three last years. There is $35 000 worth of prizes for
participants in Western Australia, and in the national pool there is $120 000
worth of prizes. In Western Australia, the event was located at Spacecubed,
which I would encourage all members of Parliament to visit, in St Georges
Terrace. There were 140 participants in this wonderful event. I remember the
day well because it was the day I went onto Twitter, against my judgement. I am
joining the young technology people! I think I have 140 followers because of
the people who were in that competition.
Several members interjected.
Mr
W.R. MARMION : That 140 might be my only followers, Mr Speaker!
Getting back to the competition,
there were 16 winning teams and six individual champions who shared the $35 000
available. The winner was ''Synergising Synergies for Sitizens'',
which won prizes totalling about $8 000 and access to Spacecubed's
facilities for six months, plus a Landgate mentor for six months. They
developed an app that identifies the best suburbs in Western Australia—it
can be translated to other states and around the world—in which to
install solar panels to generate electricity. That was judged to be the best
app in Western Australia over that weekend break. Teams were able to take their
projects into the national competition, and I am proud to say that we received
nine national awards and two international honourable mentions. Western
Australia represented only six per cent of the people who participated but we
were involved in one-third of the winning announcements.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
W.R. MARMION : The big prize—this is the final prize to report on—was
for best government participation. Each state around Australia was rated as to
how they supported the event, and the best state was Western Australia. The
government of Western Australia won the national prize as the best supporting
government for these really innovative events, and it is an award that I hope
we will take out again next year. I take my hat off to Landgate for its support
and also the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. I congratulate
all Western Australian winners in the national competition.
member for Bateman is a strong supporter of accelerators, which are innovative
hubs for young people to develop apps and a whole lot of information. It is the
future for some of our industries. GovHack sounds like an event for hacking
into government data, but it is quite the opposite. It is an event that the
state government supports in Perth. This is the third time the Western
Australian government has been involved in this event. It was held on the
weekend of 3–5 July and I opened the event. It is held in 22 locations
at the same time right across Australia. Western Australia has been involved in
the event in the three last years. There is $35 000 worth of prizes for
participants in Western Australia, and in the national pool there is $120 000
worth of prizes. In Western Australia, the event was located at Spacecubed,
which I would encourage all members of Parliament to visit, in St Georges
Terrace. There were 140 participants in this wonderful event. I remember the
day well because it was the day I went onto Twitter, against my judgement. I am
joining the young technology people! I think I have 140 followers because of
the people who were in that competition.
Several members interjected.
Mr
W.R. MARMION : That 140 might be my only followers, Mr Speaker!
Getting back to the competition,
there were 16 winning teams and six individual champions who shared the $35 000
available. The winner was ''Synergising Synergies for Sitizens'',
which won prizes totalling about $8 000 and access to Spacecubed's
facilities for six months, plus a Landgate mentor for six months. They
developed an app that identifies the best suburbs in Western Australia—it
can be translated to other states and around the world—in which to
install solar panels to generate electricity. That was judged to be the best
app in Western Australia over that weekend break. Teams were able to take their
projects into the national competition, and I am proud to say that we received
nine national awards and two international honourable mentions. Western
Australia represented only six per cent of the people who participated but we
were involved in one-third of the winning announcements.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members!
Mr
W.R. MARMION : The big prize—this is the final prize to report on—was
for best government participation. Each state around Australia was rated as to
how they supported the event, and the best state was Western Australia. The
government of Western Australia won the national prize as the best supporting
government for these really innovative events, and it is an award that I hope
we will take out again next year. I take my hat off to Landgate for its support
and also the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. I congratulate
all Western Australian winners in the national competition.
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