Tag: Immigration

New visa rules to prevent critical tech espionage

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Foreign nationals who present an “unreasonable risk of unwanted critical technology knowledge transfer” in areas like artificial intelligence and quantum computing could have their visas cancelled from April under...

Govt to undertake clean energy workforce study

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A capacity study on Australia’s workforce needs to transition to a clean energy economy will be undertaken by Jobs and Skills Australia later this year. The announcement was made...

6,800 extra tech workers in migration cap lift

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has committed to opening 6,800 extra permanent migration places for workers in the tech sector among a spate of other announcements made on the final day...

Govt readies for another go at visa processing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is getting ready to have another go at building a digital platform to handle visa processing, after its last a failed attempt to outsource these functions...

Data risk in visa privatisation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s controversial plan to privatise parts of the visa processing system would lead to greater data security risks and could adversely impact the nation’s inflows of skilled...

2030 plan: Déjà vu all over again

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
It seems these days that the public sector believes that the secret to a good report is in a winning title. That can be the only reason for Innovation...

Immigration gets $95m makeover

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s immigration and border protection tech processes will undergo a $95 million digital transformation in an effort to strengthen and speed-up the visa process. Announced in this year’s federal...

Tech giants rise for Trump battle

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In mid-December last year, then US President-Elect Donald Trump invited America’s leading technology executives and entrepreneurs to his golden eyrie in Trump Tower “I’m here to help you folks...