WWWalker Press Releases

In May 2008, Central Western Daily moved where the letters to the editor were posted so they are all gone. We have reloaded most of the letters we had a copy of so we do not rely on their site.

our business
- 2020
  - Mt Margaret Mission Page Offline till Book Released. Mt Margaret Mission page has been put behind password till book 'Enriching Australia through educating indigenous people' by S Preston Walker is released as this has become sought after for land rights issues rather than Christian purposes my father intended. Also people expected reprints of out of print UAM books putting high expectations on our business. 18 May 2020
  - WWWalker Library Restricted. Because everyone these days wants everything online like Google or Facebook and our WWWalker Library not being able to live up to the expectation of having the entire library digitised and online on the catalogue, I cancelled membership of those wanting to use the library as an online book system not a catalogue of physical books and online links. 18 May 2020
- 2018
  - Interview: Dwight Walker On The Challenges Of Running A Web Agency by Subhan Alam, Cloudways (cloud hosting provider), 22 May 2018 - an interview I did via email about my history of Web development and music teaching
- 2017
  - Due to powershift.netgear.com going down WWWalker Web Development Pty Ltd no longer resells NETGEAR as PowerShift Partner. That part of our business died. 11 October 2017
  - Businesses revolt on foreign GST change 23/6/17 MyBusiness - Dwight Walker warns overseas companies could block Australian IPs and local IT companies should be more competitive rather than tax overseas companies GST
- 2016
  - Numbers game, Caboolture Herald, 13 Oct 2016 p1 - Dwight Walker is lobbying MPs for Pumicestone and Morayfield to halve number of poker machines in Caboolture as low socioeconomic area and increase music and arts as they are therapeutic for mind and reduce high risk of gambling
    - Halving number of poker machines and replacing them with music lessons and playing will remedy Caboolture's sick mental health 6/10/16 - from interview with Caboolture Herald after they rang me when they had read my tweet re writing to Morayfield and Pumicestone MPs re halving number of poker machines in Caboolture (extremely high: 666) - see also Poker Machine Reform agenda based on my research into problem gambling
- 2014
  - In Queensland Science Open Data Award 2014, Dwight Walker and Anthony Sturiale were Finalist for Salt Table Helper Mobile App for Burdekin using Dept of Natural Resources and Mines groundwater database 11/7/14 DSITIA - YouTube video (new copy loaded to my personal Youtube channel 3/5/21)
  - Dwight Walker, WWWalker Web Development Pty Ltd, became chairman of Partners in Digital Productivity: Tourism for Queensland Dept of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts for 6 months from 28/4-27/10/14
- 2013
  - 3 ways to make freelance work better Tim Brown 4/13 - I replied to this and got 4 good responses 23/7/13
    - "very mixed, most jobs go past and someone with too much work gets it instead of the needy person with very little work but not the exact right skill right now - we live in a throwaway society - very wasteful of good talent for sake of expediency" Dwight Walker 23/7/13
- 2012
  - Reply to John Cobb's speech against NBN rollout on 10/9/2012 in Hansard, self-published, 14 Sep 2012
  - Standard Business Reporting (SBR) XBRL Web Service Programming, self-published, 6 Sep 2012
  - NSW Govt Digital Economy Industry Action Plan - ex meeting in Orange 20/3/12, NSW Have Your Say (NSW 2021 a plan to make NSW number one), 21 Mar 2012
    - NSW Govt Industry Action Plans 13/12/12
- 2011
  - Exetel Reseller, self-published, 24 September 2011
  - Netgear PowerShift Partner, self-published, 21 June 2011
  - ParraConnect Success and Failure, self-published, 12 March 2011
  - Dwight Walker, busker, Cootamundra Herald, 11 Feb 2011
  - Street musician in a musical town, Orange Photo News, 3 Feb 2011 p.15 - Dwight Walker as busker in Orange
- 2010
  - 'ParraConnect launch' - WWWalker Web Development Pty Ltd involved in mobile applications in new ParraConnect community ICT venture in Parramatta City Council with civicTEC and Australian Governement on 10 June 2010. (self-published 5 June 2010)
- 2008
  - Transforming life outside cities: The potential of broadband services for rural and regional communities, Report 5/54, 25 Nov 2010 - WWWalker Web Development Pty Ltd entered submission to Broadband in Rural and Regional Communities: Key Issues for Further Investigation (Inquiry), NSW Parliament, 14 Apr 2008
  - 'Ringing endorsement to work at home' - MIS, Australian Financial Review, 18 Apr 2008 - how working from home as outsourced call-centre operator or Web developer using internet and phones is more efficient and safer and keeps jobs in Australia
- 2007
  - 'Slow broadband hurts SMEs' - Australian Financial Review, 29 May 2007, p.49 - our company mentioned re its problems with communications in the bush based on ATUG small business survey
  - 'loophole for debtors', Central Western Daily, 23 May 2007 - how debtors can request to take ages to pay off debt putting pressure on cashflow leading to write-off
  - 'Working from Home is Better for Knowledge Workers', Central Western Daily, 2 April 2007
- 2006
  - 'Launch of Orange Community Wireless Networking Project', Self-published, 8 Nov 2006
  - 'Developer wins over Incompetent Company in Legal Action', Self-published, 24 May 2006
  - 'DotNetNuke Too Costly To Maintain', Self-published, 23 January 2006 - moved to WordPress in 2015
- 2001
  - 'Contractor worker approval', Daily Telegraph, 10 July 2001 afternoon edition, p.6
- 2000
  - 'Government web dreams get the wobblies' by Paul Bartholomew, businessnsw 21 July 2000 p.6
  - 'Choosing a Web Developer', by Ingrid Maack, Internet.au, June 2000, pp.50-54 excerpt
- 1999
  - 'Dwight's spinning his Web overseas', Parramatta Advertiser 15 December 1999, p.41
general media
- 2015
  - Conversations: Backing for new route, Dwight Walker, Caboolture Shire Herald, 16/7/15 p.6 - "Why don't we telecommute more and get businesses in regions instead of working in Brisbane?" (via Facebook) - re upgrading Bruce Highway from Pine River to Caloundra due to congestion - first time Dwight's been in Caboolture Herald!
- 2014
  - Inland Rail between Melbourne-Brisbane via Central West NSW is underway after Dwight Walker's lobbying in 2007, 3/10/14
    - INDUSTRY WELCOMES INLAND RAIL PROGRESS NEWS Date: 10.01.2017
    - Getting the Supply Chain Right 5/2016
    - Business Case for Brisbane Inland Rail Intermodal Terminal
    - Business Case for Melbourne Inland Rail Intermodal Terminal
    - Investment Road and Rail - Dept of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
    - Inland Rail-a New Rail Connection Between Melbourne and Brisbane - Dept of Infrastructure and Regional Development
- 2013
  - Dwight Walker nominated for UQ Senate as one of three graduates to improve ITEE graduate network and increase collaboration between UQ ITEE and industry to increase jobs and research 17/9/13 - he lost to incumbents
  - National conference to feature Ipswich's broadband network involvement Ipswich City Council NBN rollout plans 19/3/13
  - "Turnbull promises fix for area's big internet woes: vows to have LNP NBN installed by 2016 if Coalition is elected", Wynnum Herald 17/7/13 p.11 - uses FTTN bringing 27Mbps vs 6Mbps in Wakerley with copper - Malcolm Turnbull in town discussing broadband
- 2012
  - Unhappy camper after caravan park trouble by Clare Colley, Central Western Daily, 28/12/2012 - French backpacker problems at Colour City Caravan Park
- 2011
  - 'Melissa's school a family affair of the Christian kind: Melissa Brown is not head of a school, she's part of a family!' by David Dixon, Central West Photo News, 8-14 Dec 2011 p.29 - person I knew at Orange Baptist Church and worked with at Orange Christian School in 2008 who later became principal after I'd left - in 2010 new Library Learning Centre was done via the Building the Education Revolution stimulus package of the Australian Government and David Baker left as principal who I knew
  - Letter to the editor re 'Laws that will crush the little' by Ken Phillips, The Australian, 25 Nov 2011, Independent Contractors, 26 Nov 2011 - introduction by ALP of cigarette plain packaging, building contractor paperwork and NBN (article gone)
- 2008
  - 'Conroy summit calls all comers', MIS, Australian Financial Review, 7 Apr 2008 - canning OPEL WiMAX is short-sighted and favours Telstra getting Fibre to the Node project which is poor for country areas due to high cost and slow setup time
- 2007
  - 'Videoing of Council Meetings good for democracy', Central Western Daily, 14 Dec 2007 - how recording videos of Orange City Council meetings and providing them on the Internet will lift the standard of debate
  - 'Banks lift rates more than RBA', Central Western Daily, 11 Dec 2007 - banks raising interests rates more than RBA affected by USA and UK bad loans
  - 'Dentists in the bush', Central Western Daily, 6 Dec 2007 - glad CSU is building a Dentral school in Orange to attract country students who will stick it out in the bush when they graduate to fill gap
  - 'hi-tech psychiatric treatment a boon', Central Western Daily, 3 Dec 2007 - the Government using Webcams to treat psychiatric patients in far-flung areas of Western NSW is good news
  - 'gumption to fix traffic accidents', Central Western Daily, 24 Oct 2007 - traffic hot spots need remedying promptly
  - 'wireless VoIP calls', Central Western Daily, 15 Oct 2007 - how wireless VoIP calls are a better alternative than Telstra Next G
  - 'strategic Wireless broadband antennas', Central Western Daily, 11 Oct 2007 - having antennas on tops of hills with repeaters to avoid problem of a hill in the way of wireless internet
  - 'Sudanese are welcome', Central Western Daily, 9 Oct 2007 - how racism blurs good in new immigrants from Sudan and how we should accept them
  - 'Symptomatics Choir blooming', Central Western Daily, 5 Oct 2007 - new Symptomatics choir at Orange Hospital and Bloomfield Mental Hospital lifts spirits
  - 'User-Pays NSW Libraries', Central Western Daily, 2 Oct 2007 - NSW government cutbacks to public libraries a backward step for the economy
  - 'Eco-tourism great!', Central Western Daily, 24 Sep 2007 - how local farmers in Orange are setting up eco-tourism ventures as another form of income to combat drought
  - 'Cabonne recycling centre good example for Orange', Central Western Daily, 14 Sep 2007 - how Cabonne recycling centre is a better way to handle rubbish than Molong tip debacle
  - 'Smiths Transport using Distributor is great news!', Central Western Daily, 27 Aug 2007 - trucking firm uses bypass to increase chance of getting Auslink funding to complete bypass in Orange
  - 'pedestrian crossings in CBD badly needed', Central Western Daily, 4 Aug 2007 - bad drivers leading to need for better pedestrian crossing in Orange
  - 'Melbourne to Brisbane rail link', Central Western Daily, 23 July 2007 - how using Commonwealth money will ensure the Melbourne to Brisbane rail link will go ahead, not NSW
  - 'elderly using Internet for train tickets', Central Western Daily, 17 July 2007 - elderly can save booking fee by booking train tickets online
  - 'Fibre to the Node', Central Western Daily, 9 July 2007 - explaining what fibre to the node is for delivering very fast broadband (ALP pledge)
  - 'rail vs road', Central Western Daily, 1 July 2007 - maintaining and expanding rail infrastructure to open opportunity for internet fulfilment businesses in Western NSW
  - 'Wireless is OK', Central Western Daily, 19 June 2007 - how WiMax is better than fibre optic in rural areas
  - 'Brethren School Stopped', Central Western Daily, 19 June 2007 - how local resistance stopped a new school being built to save lifestyle
  - 'Supre Building Site Ripe for Redevelopment', Central Western Daily, 12 June 2007 - need for old building to be redeveloped in Orange CBD
  - 'slow WWI searches at National Archives', Central Western Daily, 12 Apr 2007 - Website needs load balancing due to incompetent hosting arrangement
  - 'Inventions', Central Western Daily, 23 Feb 2007 - re Thomson Coupling going well on ABC TV New Inventors show
- 2006
  - 'Telstra and Community Wireless', Central Western Daily, 20 Dec 2006 - re Telstra Customer Service Guarantee and community wireless project flop in Orange
  - 'Rail Rules!' - Parkes Champion Post, 22 Oct 2006 - re boost that new logistics centre in Parkes adds to country infrastructure
  - 'Time for Telstra to buck up', Central Western Daily, 4 October 2006 - re poor level of Telstra services and lack of communications competition in the bush
  - 'Have your say', Central Western Daily, 23 July 2006 - re wireless internet in country areas to combat poor broadband services
  - 'Have your say', Central Western Daily, 30 June 2006 - re need for graduates to start their own businesses to create jobs in Central West
  - 'Have your say', Central Western Daily, 4 May 2006 - re new WorkCover agency structure being swamped due to lack of choice for small businesses with their insurer and a bulk swap to one new insurer
  - 'Have your say', Central Western Daily, 21 April 2006 - re trade skills shortage
  - 'Your say' Cowra Guardian, 13 Apr 2006 - Cowra Abattoir sackings
  - 'Your say Central Western Daily, 13 Feb 2006 - re Workcover NSW locking small business into an agency not of their choice for 12 months

Created: 10 Jan 2000 15:57
Last Updated: 25 Sep 2021 23:27

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