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    Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin has resigned from the shadow ministry to protest the opposition's stance on the carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS).

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    ZDNet Australia investigates why Australia is missing out on the talents of a myriad of IT migrants, many of whom are forced into work significantly below their field of expertise in order to survive.

  • Australian scientists call for migrant IT worker study

    Australian scientists, under the auspices of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FACTS), have written to the Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Abbott requesting the government conduct a tracking study of qualified migrants.

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