Australians will be able to take a crash course in responsible AI from next week, with Standards Australia to offer a training module on its international standard for responsible...
Skills
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The business case for a national skills “passport” is being developed by tech services giant Accenture, as the Albanese government warms to a concept proposed decades ago to inject...
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South Australian deputy premier Susan Close has relinquished control of the Defence and Space Industries portfolio to the Treasurer in a Malinauskas Cabinet reshuffle prompted by housing, decarbonisation and...
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Australian Services Union national secretary Robert Potter has called on the federal government to reform the nation’s tech education capability and proposes the better integration and regulation of micro-credentials...
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Skills minister Brendan O’Conner is considering state government proposals for six new TAFE Centres of Excellence that he wants to spurn a new collaborative approach to tertiary education amid...
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Highly skilled migrants that have been waiting months for visas in areas like cybersecurity and science research will have an outcome within a week under the federal government’s ambitious...
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Human resources, accounting and banking are among the professions most exposed to the impacts of generative AI tools, according to a new report by the Future Skills Organisation. The...
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If Australians’ digital capability is core to driving productivity, why don’t we have a straightforward way to describe what that capability is? At the annual Business Council Australia dinner...
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Australian Computer Society chief executive Chris Vein is set to leave the information technology professionals association at the end of this month after a year-and-a-half in the top job....
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The Australian Public Service in 2023 is faced with an extraordinary opportunity to reset its contribution to supporting the government of Australia and all Australians. Four events occurring almost...
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Technology professionals association the Australian Computer Society on Monday elected its NSW branch chair Helen McHugh as President for 2024-25. Ms McHugh will be the second woman to lead...
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The Australian Computer Society expects the economy will require at least 100,000 more tech workers than is currently targeted by the federal government by 2030 to capitalise on nine...
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Australian quantum technology will be used to train students at TAFE and at American colleges after local firm Q-CTRL struck a deal with investors looking to take advantage of...
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The federal government is focused too much on regulating artificial intelligence and not enough on the “real public policy issue” of building local AI skills, according to shadow minister for...