Tag: Technology Council of Australia

Tech Council says 10,500 new IT jobs created in past six months

The latest Tech Jobs Update report from the Technology Council of Australia has found 10,500 new tech jobs have been added in the six months to March, despite the strong economic headwinds and widespread reports of layoffs by some of Australia’s largest tech companies. The report, to be launched...

Chalmers backs $1bn digital SME tax sweetener

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor says it will support the $1 billion in tax incentives targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) unveiled in Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s March federal Budget that aim to...

Bipartisan support for tech jobs and growth is a positive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The technology industry can power the nation’s economy, deliver flexible, secure, well-paid jobs and increase mobility for people. That’s the sentiment seen across a strong show of bipartisan support...

Employee share reform a budget boost for local tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will on Tuesday unveil changes to employee share scheme regulation to make it easier for Australian companies to compete for talent, and to remove a ‘perverse’...

Albanese pledges Labor focus on tech industry jobs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor has adopted the Technology Council of Australia’s target of increasing the number of Australians employed in tech-related jobs by 340,000 to 1.2 million by the end of...

Robyn Denholm to deliver inaugural InnovationAus Awards keynote

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Electric car and renewable energy giant Tesla’s global chair Robyn Denholm will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural InnovationAus 2021 Awards for Excellence, at a black-tie discotheque-themed gala...

Industry urges caution on ‘critical tech’ regulation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Technology Council of Australia has urged caution on closer scrutiny and tighter regulations for ‘critical technologies’ on national security grounds, saying these new technologies were equally critical to...