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DTA spends $20m on contractors this financial year

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

6 October 2020 | 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

7 September 2020 | 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

2 September 2020 | 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

15 June 2020 | 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

15 August 2019 | 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

8 August 2019 | 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

23 May 2019 | 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

14 May 2019 | 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...

Labor’s new skilled visa crackdown

23 April 2019 | by Denham Sadler

Labor will crack down on the skilled visa scheme if it wins the upcoming election, but has moved to reassure the tech sector that this will not impact efforts...

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