WAITTA INCITE Awards 25 years of ICT excellence

• Innovation Minister presents WA Information Technology and Telecommunications Alliance (WAITTA) INCITE Awards for ICT excellence

• Awards program acknowledges local ICT talent, innovation and technologies 

Western Australia has showcased its expertise in information and communication technology innovation at last night's WAITTA INCITE Awards.

In his opening address, Innovation Minister Bill Marmion commended the innovation and ingenuity displayed by all the shortlisted nominees, and wished the winners the best of luck as they now competed on the national stage.

"Special congratulations go to Reflex for winning the Minister's Award for Excellence in Innovation.  This is a fantastic example of West Australians leveraging our natural mining advantage to springboard into new business opportunities. Initiatives such as this have the ability to fundamentally transform the economy of our State," Mr Marmion said.

Reflex's winning Reflexhub-IQ solution uses cloud technology to enable mining companies to easily and quickly collect, store and report critical operational, geological and assay data - saving time and money. 

The winner of the Most Effective Government Solution category was WA Police and Australia Post for their successful introduction of an online National Police Certificate. This is now being considered for adoption interstate.

"West Australians requiring a National Police Certificate have had their wait time reduced from five days to 30 minutes on average, as a result of this application," the Minister said.

"This initiative is another example of how government is using technology to cut red tape and save the community time and money."

Special mention also goes to Landgate and their collaboration with Ajilon Australia in creating a new land registry system, speeding up the process in which land transactions are lodged and executed from seven days to less than 30 seconds. 

Fact File

• INCITE category winners are eligible to compete in the National iAwards. National winners are announced on September 1, 2016 at a gala dinner in Melbourne.

• Reflex and Optika Solutions Pty Ltd for Akumen have been nominated as the WA finalists for the National iAwards in the Most Innovative Collaborative Technology category

• For details about all awards finalists and winners, visit http://www.inciteawards.org.au/hall-of-fame/winners

• The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer is the major partner of the WAITTA INCITE Awards 

Minister's office - 6552 6800