Tag: skills

DTA cranks digital skills program

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency will recruit and place 250 new entry-level digital staff across federal departments and agencies over the next year as part of a drive to improve...

457s: Deep tech’s uncertain times

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Petra Andren is the chief executive of the nation’s oldest and most successful tech incubator, Cicada Innovations at the Australian Technology Park in Sydney. It is home to more...

Visa shock: 457 program scrapped

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has abolished Australia’s 457 visa program in a surprise move that has sent shockwaves through the local tech and startup community. Announced via a Facebook...

Data61 cranks global talent drive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The uneasy relationship between the science and technology communities in the US and the Trump Administration – particularly over immigration – presents a huge opportunity for Australia to aggressively...

Podcast: Shetler on transformation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been an extraordinary start to the year for digital transformation in the public sector. Certainly the very real failings of the Centrelink automated debt recovery system have...

Entrepreneur visa opens new doors

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The creation of an entrepreneur visa was always a good idea. Australia has visa streams specifically designed to attract capital, and others to attract business and technical skills that...

Curriculum gaps holding tech back

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia wants a thriving technology sector – to get one requires access to a steady supply of good skills. At present the nation is far from self-sufficient; even Atlassian,...

The Turnbull charm offensive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Turnbull has announced his new Ministry, and in doing so continued his charm offensive. Referring to his Government as a 21st century one was yet another reference...

Talent retention key to game sector

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A once burgeoning sector, the video games development industry has suffered harsh decline in recent years with international competitors poaching talent, while Abbot’s Government closed the $20 million Australian...