Run annually for the past three years by the State Government’s Office of Digital Government, competitors were given 46 hours last month to come up with innovative products – such as phone apps, websites and games – using information “mined” from Government databases.
The two winners of the highest accolade, the Premier’s Award, and a raft of category winners were presented with their awards on Friday night with the 47 projects submitted illustrating the broad diversity of ideas and the wealth of data which is now publicly available.