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- Peak body rebuffed in skills deal.
- Byline: Julian Bajkowski Aug 31, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Computer Society ACS has been sidelined by the Australian Government. The Government has appointed rival training and certification body, CompTIA Australia, to promote careers in the...
- Research articles 2006-08-31
- Visas being rorted say ACS, ACTU.
- Byline: James Riley Mar 13, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Criticism of the Australian Government's IT migrant worker program has come from two different quarters. Philip...
- Research articles 2006-03-13
- Call for end to IT migrants.
- Byline: Sophie Morris Jan 09, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An argument has flared in Australia about the IT labour market. On one side, there is the ...
- Research articles 2006-01-09
- ACS plans to keep knowledge at home.
- Byline: Mark Jones Sep 18, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Computer Society ACS has warned that Australia is failing to capitalise on a...
- Research articles 2005-09-18
- ICT trade deficit rises to $19 billion.
- Aug 05, 2005 (Electronics News - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia needs to nurture the information and communications technology ICT sector. Australia's ICT trade deficit increased to $A19 billion in 2004. The...
- Research articles 2005-08-05
- Far and away
- SHIFTING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES OFFSHORE IS A TREND THAT IS NOT GOING AWAY. WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT TO DO? To date, an estimated 7000 jobs in the information technology and telecommunications sector have shifted offshore from Australia. What's more, this figure is expected to rise to...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Australia falls behind in world IT industries.
- Jun 06, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Information and communications technology goods and services exported from Australia were worth about $A5 billion in 2004. This compares with the $A7.8 billion of exports the sector generated in 2003. According to a new report...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- Bank on broader Coonan IT board.
- May 23, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Macquarie Bank has been given a seat on the Australian Government's Information Technology Board. It is understood that the Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, has not nominated industry associations such as the Australian Computer Society nor...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- Engineers punch first in turf war.(Brief Article)
- Mar 28, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Engineers Australia is the first professional body to seek official accreditation for the local IT industry. It has approached the Professional Standards Council PSC with a formal proposal. The move undermines the Australian Computer Society,...
- Research articles 2005-03-28
- Broadband still far from fair dinkum in this neck of the woods.(Brief Article)
- Feb 14, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia needs a world-standard broadband system. Researcher, IDC, has revealed that Australia is two years behind Europe in broadband services and Australia ranks 21st of 30 OECD countries. Australia will lose its position to third...
- Research articles 2005-02-14
- Offshore jobs: inshore ire.
- Sep 29, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) IT workers in Australia are angry about offshore outsourcing. They recently rallied in Melbourne against Telstra's decision to outsource some of its IT operations to India-based Infosys. The Australian Computer Society's ACS research into the...
- Research articles 2003-09-29
- Call for action as industry slams report.
- Apr 15, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) A report on the IT sector in Australia has been criticised. On 15 April 2003, a key report on IT in Australia, called "Enabling Our Future" was unveiled by the Australian Communications Minister, ...
- Research articles 2003-04-15
- IT jobless rate double the average.
- Feb 20, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) A recent survey has found that there is a high level of unemployment among IT workers in Australia. The Australian Computer Society surveyed about 1,000 IT professionals and found that almost 12 per cent were...
- Research articles 2003-02-20
- Alston rejects ACS claim: "stunt".
- Dec 09, 2002 (The Canberra Times - ABIX via COMTEX) A report on Australia's computer technology industry commissioned by the Australian Computer Society urges for more government help. It states Australia is a net importer of computer hardware, with a trade deficit in the...
- Research articles 2002-12-09
- Debate on high-tech exports intensifies.
- Dec 01, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) In 2002 the information and communication technology ICT trade deficit reached $A14.4 billion. According to the Australian Computer Society ACS president, Richard Hogg, the Australian Government appears to have little understanding of the...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- Furor over IT immigration.
- Oct 31, 2002 (Internet.au - ABIX via COMTEX) Moves are afoot to tighten restrictions on IT workers migrating to Australia. The Australian Computer Society ACS, which is responsible for the skills assessment applied to visa applicants, will tighten its requirements. Academic requirements will be...
- Research articles 2002-10-31
- Driver safety aid wins innovation award.
- Aug 14, 2002 The Canberra Times ABIX via COMTEX -- A Canberra company has won the Australian Computer Society's award for technological innovation. Seeing Machines developed the technology, which detects when a driver of an automobile becomes tired, 16 months ago. Although the project...
- Research articles 2002-08-14
- ICT industry solutions need action: ACS.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Computer Society ACS has issued a report on information and communication technology ICT. The report, entitled "ICT Development in Australia: a Strategic Policy Framework", was written by Professor John Houghton, of Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Economic Studies. Houghton ...
- Research articles 2002-07-02
- AEEMA backs revamped ICT group.
- Jun 12, 2002 Australian Electronics Engineering ABIX via COMTEX -- Tony Benson has been appointed to the "Framework for the Future" steering committee. His appointment was announced by Australia's Minister for Communications, Richard Alston. Benson is the chairman of the National ICT Alliance, which...
- Research articles 2002-06-12
- Canberra loses its vision next year.
- May 20, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- An examination of the Australian 2002-2003 Budget shows no commitment to information technology IT after 31 December 2002. Two new bodies - the ICT Framework for the Future group and the Broadband Advisory Group -...
- Research articles 2002-05-21
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