the following release is available at: http://www.dcita.gov.au/cgi-bin/graphics.pl?path=4442 Victoria urged to recognise importance of I.T. 'The Commonwealth is shocked by the Victorian Labor Government's downgrade of the state's information technology and telecommunications (IT&T) and multimedia industries,' the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston, said today.bHe was commenting on the Labor State Government's plan to scrap the Multimedia and IT portfolio, and tobtransfer responsibility for these important policy issues from a senior Cabinet Minister to a parliamentary secretary. ============================================================ Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org Tel. (718)846-7482 Fax: (603)754-8927 ============================================================
