Tag: ACS

ACS to cut jobs as cost pressures mount

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Australian Computer Society is set to axe about 20 staff across central functions, deepening cuts from last month to the country’s largest professional association for technology workers. The...

Awards 2025: The search for our outstanding leaders begins

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
The search has begun for Australia’s outstanding leaders from within our community of entrepreneurs and innovators. Nominations have opened for the individual leadership categories of the 2025 InnovationAus Awards...

Sovereign AI infrastructure needs $2b to $4b in investment: ACS

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Building sovereign AI infrastructure should be a first order priority within the Albanese government’s second term productivity agenda, Australian Computer Society chief executive Josh Griggs says. The development of...

Tech workers push for access to govt data sharing scheme

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Tech sector professionals are pushing for private sector access to the government’s fledgling data sharing scheme, telling a review their admission under tighter controls could start delivering the promised...

Inspiring young women to embrace tech careers

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Young Australians are turning away from IT careers, presenting a stark challenge for the Australian tech industry, which needs urgent solutions to address its appeal amongst early-age pathways into...

A Budget with ‘no clear ambition’ on AI: Industry reactions

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s tech sector has reacted with disappointment to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fourth Budget, saying with the absence of significant new investment in artificial intelligence and the digital economy, the...

Women in tech an untapped $6.5bn opportunity

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
More than 660,000 women could reskill into tech careers within months, according to new modelling that puts the economic windfall of a more diverse Australian tech sector at $6.5...

Gender bias holding back Australia’s ICT Sector

Posted on   |  by Munir Kotadia
Australia’s tech workforce is growing at twice the national average. Tech exports have doubled in the past decade, making the sector one of Australia’s fastest-growing economic drivers — but...

ACS booked a $7m loss last year – its first in a decade

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Australian Computer Society reported an almost $7 million loss last financial year, marking its first deficit in more than a decade and forcing the organisation to eat into...