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.
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.
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.
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.
Queensland politician Robert Schwarten will keep the information and communications technology portfolio in Anna Bligh's new cabinet, it was announced last week.
Until this month, we had no uniform-approach ICT curricula in higher education institutions, and no formal link connecting these institutions with industry.
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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.
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.
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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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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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