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Queensland Keeps Optional Network Tariffs on the Timetable

Queensland’s optional network tariffs will remain available under the approved timetable after the regulator refused a mid-period amendment. The decision preserves different ways to reward changes in peak demand and appliance operation.

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Spain Opens Digital Procurement to Continuous Competition

Spain has authorized a €1.082 billion dynamic purchasing system for custom public software, allowing qualified suppliers to join throughout its life and public bodies across government levels to commission development, audit and maintenance services.

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Victoria Makes Data Centers Carry Their Infrastructure Costs

Victoria’s new data-center rules require developers to add renewable generation and storage, avoid sensitive locations, use non-drinking water and fund local benefits, turning infrastructure capacity into a project responsibility rather than a public subsidy.

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Australia Is Training Port Teams for Cascading Disruption

A South Australian simulation platform places port teams inside combined cyberattack and extreme-weather scenarios, shifting resilience work from static plans toward the decisions, communications and coordination required during cascading disruption.

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