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  • Labor bashes Bishop in schoolyard stoush

    Labor's education spokesperson Stephen Smith has hit back at federal Education Minister Julie Bishop's claims that a Labor government will be unable to deliver its promise of a digital education revolution.

  • Parties war on skills crisis as business suffers

    With many Australian companies now finding a lack of skilled staff holding back their business, Labor has accused the Coalition of doing little to tackle the skills crisis.

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    A panel of experts has told the ICT Outlook Forum that Australia's anti-entrepreneurial culture is holding it back.

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