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  • Feds review ICT skilled migration list to bolster local jobs

    The Federal Government is reviewing the Migration Occupations in Demand List for ICT workers, which could mean fewer migrants with skills that are already in surplus in Australia will be considered for residency.

  • Howard opens arms to IT immigrants

    The IT sector accounts for one-third of immigrants allowed into Australia under a government scheme to satisfy employment demands, according to a government source.

  • Skilled migration: making it work

    A day after the Federal Minister for Immigration Phillip Ruddock was busily lapping up the kudos for the arrival of Australia’s six-millionth migrant, Skills International held its inaugural IT skills showcase in Sydney.

  • Hackers target Ruddock's department

    The federal Attorney General's Department has weathered more than one million hacking attempts over the last four years, its chief information officer said.

  • Coonan washes hands of Telstra CDMA decision

    Communications Minister Helen Coonan will no longer decide when Telstra can switch off its CDMA network -- that responsibility now falls on Attorney-General Philip Ruddock.

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  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • Opportunity lost? Australia's skilled migrants

    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.

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  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue
    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector.
  • Array NBN needs workers on board
    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
  • Array D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review
    Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.
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