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  • Budget: Few crumbs for ICT industry

    The Howard government's federal budget handed down yesterday contained little joy for Australia's ICT industry and the development of a world class communications sector.

  • Australian ICT industry worth $123 billion

    Australia's ICT industry for the year to 30 June 2007 made $123 billion and employed just under 300,000 people, paying $21 billion in wages, according to numbers released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

  • ICT industry gets $308 million boost

    The Australian Government has pledged $308 million in ICT funding as part of the $5.3 billion new science and innovation package, announced by the outgoing communications and IT Minister, Daryl Williams, today.

  • ALP stands firm on industry ICT plan

    The Labor party today showed no sign of bending on an IT policy decision that has some groups concerned the industry would lose its voice under a Labor government.

  • Defence to post major ICT tenders

    The Department of Defence today invited the ICT industry to tender for major defence contracts, some of which will run through July, 2011.

Blogs (24)

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    Closing the skills gap

    Until this month, we had no uniform-approach ICT curricula in higher education institutions, and no formal link connecting these institutions with industry.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    What's in a name?

    Are ICT, IT&T and plain old IT interchangeable? Or is it time for a new name?

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    ICT creating a greener footprint

    As our nation comes to grips with the implications of global warming, technology has the potential to be a major part of the solution to our CO2 challenges.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    The Aussie dollar and ICT

    With the Australian Dollar breaking the 92 US cents barrier recently, and predictions it could reach parity with the US Dollar by Christmas, there's good news and bad news for the ICT industry.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    ICT leaders can overcome the skills shortage

    Is the ICT industry's staff retention issue due to the poor quality of leadership in our sector?

Features and Case Studies (94)

  • Is Gershon's contractor cull a furphy?

    Canberra apparently has two plagues: kangaroos and IT contractors. After years fattening up on Canberra's fields, they've been marked by the government for a major cull. But is the latter group still the problem they once were?

  • Pollies fail to grasp key IT issues

    An analysis by representatives of Australia's two largest IT industry groups shows that neither political party in the federal election has come up with a comprehensive policy around technology.

  • Top performers only ICT employees to get rises: AIIA

    Employees at ICT companies in Australia will only earn big rises this year if they're gun performers whose remuneration includes access to incentive schemes, a new survey reveals.

  • IT businesses: gotta go global

    Businesses in the Australian IT sector might be able to earn a living by staying small, but for long-term survival they will have to look offshore.

  • Do Australian ICT workers matter?

    Claims that Australia suffers from an ICT skills shortage is simply unfounded but the lack of support from the government and industry associations to counter these assertions has left workers in the lurch.

Videos (2)

  • Why women just don't want IT

    IT is perceived as nerdy, blokey and boring, but the problem in attracting more women to the ICT industry may not lie with the fairer sex per se.

  • CeBIT: Day One wrap

    CeBIT Australia 2007 kicked off yesterday with federal Communications minister Senator Helen Coonan saying that a thriving ICT industry was key to the country's economic growth.

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