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Over reliance on outsourcing a skills risk: ACS

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has warned an increased reliance on outsourcing technology projects to large multinational firms may be hindering the government’s long-term goals for digital capability within...

DTA spends $20m on contractors this financial year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has entered contracts worth more than $20 million with recruiters and HR firms for temporary staff in the current financial year alone, with ongoing concerns...

Use budget to rebuild inhouse APS tech skills

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government should scrap the controversial public sector staffing cap and use this week’s federal budget as an opportunity to begin the process of bringing tech skills back...

Talent grab as engineers get fast-tracked visas

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia has a “once in a generation opportunity” to attract some of the best tech talent in the world, with the federal government offering fast-tracked visas and border restriction...

Coding skills, a vocational gift beyond STEM

Posted on   |  by Simon Tyrrell
Australia will likely still fall short of meeting its near-term tech skills needs with its conservative approach to STEM and vocational education. Longer-term, this approach threatens to saddle graduates...

Building the AI talent pipeline: Toby Walsh

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian policymakers should follow the UK government’s lead by investing in artificial intelligence and data science conversion courses for our top graduates as the fastest way to create a...

Investment visas to be reviewed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government will review its business investment visas to make sure Australia is getting the best deal possible on the back of its “first of its kind” efforts...

Global Talent visa made permanent

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A trial visa program helping Australian tech companies attract skilled overseas workers has been made permanent by the federal government following a 12-month pilot. The Global Talent-Employer Sponsored (GTES)...

Three new P-TECH schools for NSW

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Newly-appointed NSW Skills and Tertiary Education minister Dr Geoff Lee has told an IBM conference in Sydney on Wednesday that the state will expand the lauded Pathways in Technology...

Husic flags human capital investment

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Opposition digital economy spokesman Ed Husic says that if Labor wins this Saturday’s federal election, its focus will be more on the development of human capital – building skills...
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