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The Greater Hamilton Region - a
Smart Connected Rural Community
Russell Bennett Manager Business Systems
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• Population: 15,751
• Largest Industry by
jobs: Agriculture
• Total Council EFT:
227
• IT 6.6 FTE: • Manager (me)
• Network and
Infrastructure
Admin
• Service Desk x 1.6
• Corporate
Systems Admin
• Records Admin
• Spatial / Assets
Admin
Setting the scene - SGSC
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What does Digital Transformation mean for both locations?
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We both want similar outcomes:
• Save $$$
• Deliver efficiencies
• Enhance service understanding and
offering
• A channel to interact, engage and
connect with our communities /
customers
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Smart Parking in Hamilton CBD……
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Traffic flow solution for Hamilton’s busiest intersection…..
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As identified in the Digital Strategy that was jointly development by Glenelg and SGSC and adopted
by SGSC Council in 2016 was the need for digital transformation across the whole shire.
Our vision in the digital strategy is:
By 2025, Glenelg and Southern Grampians will be
leading examples of successful digital economies,
communities and local governments in regional
Australia.
Digital technology will have helped to create a resilient
economy, and connected community. Our councils, in
partnership with businesses, the community, and
services providers, have developed a healthy local
digital ecosystem that embraces digital change. This
will be underpinned by enhanced digital infrastructure,
and by stronger digital skills in our community
Approach – Engagement and Strategy First
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Our Challenges
• Digital Skills and capacity
• Low % of households connected to Internet
• Prior to NBN SGSC lowest 30% of average ADSL
speeds in Victoria
• Ageing population
• Lack of understanding of the opportunities
• Digital pathways for the community
• $$$$
• Rate capping
• Declining population
• Council resources and skill sets
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Our Opportunity…….create a digital ecosystem
Goals
• Reduce the Digital Divide
• Population / Business growth
• Retain and provide opportunities for our youth
• Greater tourism
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Telstra Smart Connected Community Framework and
Strategic Roadmap SGSC engaged Telstra to engage with Community members, local businesses and council officers
to develop a tailored framework and strategic roadmap to transform SGSC into a Smart Connected
Rural Council.
Excerpt from Telstra Document:
From a Smart Community perspective specifically, Southern Grampians has strong potential to be a
leader. The region is a good value proposition for the increasing number of people looking for a
“tree/green change” with the opportunity for connectedness and community engagement. Southern
Grampians is fortunate to have many of the fundamental elements for lifestyle, economic growth,
sustainability and social cohesion in place.
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A phased approach
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What we have done…. Open Data
SGSC 3th most data
sets released in
Victoria as at 05/04/18 https://opencouncildata.org/
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What we have done….Land capability mapping
Flaxseed
2050 Onion 2050
http://www.growingreaterhamilton.com.au/interactive-map/
Factors
- Soil type
- Water
- Topography
- Current and future climate conditions
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What we have done….Infrastructure (Public WiFi)
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What we have done….Infrastructure
Greater Hamilton Community IoT Network
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What we have done….Infrastructure
Greater Hamilton Community IoT Network
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What we have done….Infrastructure
Greater Hamilton Community IoT Network
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What we have done….Partnerships
Academy of Interactive Entertainment
http://aie.edu.au
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What we have done….Partnerships
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What we have done…. Community Engagement
141 Responses over 2 days of Sheepvention
530 over a 2 month period at HILAC
Total of 671 survey responses collected
4 surveys on:
• Playgrounds
• Lake Hamilton
• HILAC
• Public WiFi
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What we have done…. Digital Ecosystem
Land Capability Map
Open Data
Sensor Data
Public Wifi
LoRaWAN
SigFox
Sensors
AIE
Future Squared
Open Data
Digital Kiosks
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Federal Smart Cities and Suburbs Grant
• Public WiFi in Hamilton and each of our 9 surrounding townships
• Use Water Quality Sensors to centralise monitoring of water quality across our 7 pools
to better deliver this service
• Weather Stations installed in all our townships providing more localised weather data
for our agricultural community to access via Open Data
• Soil Moisture Sensors linked to watering systems installed in our Botanic Gardens
and sporting grounds to better manage our water use
• Using Beacon Technology and a smartphone app for tourist to do self walking tours
• Pilots of:
• Smart Bins
• Smart Lighting
• Smart Security
• Community Digital Capacity building
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Key learning's thus far
Take the initiative and start
• Rise above the day to day
‘keeping the lights on’ mentality
• Start the conversation and get
people talking out it
• See what others are doing
• From little things big things grow,
start small
• It started for SGSC by the drive
of just 2 staff members (Eco Dev
Manager and Business Systems
Manager)
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Key learning’s thus far
Alignment is a must
• Council / CEO / Executive Team need
to be on-board and understand:
• What is the reason / purpose to
change, what is the vision?
• Why is it important?
• What is the benefit?
• How are we going to achieve it?
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Key learning’s thus far
Plan and Strategy….another must
• Implementing a smart light doesn’t
magically transform you into a smart
community
• Must have a good understanding of:
• Where you are now
• Where do you want to be
• Why do you want to be there
• How are you going to get there
• Opportunities
• Challenges
• Engage with your community
• Helps with funding opportunities
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Key learning’s thus far
Seek funding opportunities
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Key learning’s thus far
Partnerships
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Key learning’s thus far
Pilot small with the aim to scale
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Looking through the crystal ball - SGSC of the future
1) A growing population
2) Retaining our youth
3) IT/Technology education
opportunities offered locally
4) A community that is
connected and engaged
5) SGSC a testing bed for
industry
6) Smart Agriculture