Tag: migration

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...

‘Brain gain’ sparks innovation rethink in WA

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new parliamentary inquiry is calling for policy ideas to support Western Australia’s innovation ecosystem following the state’s post-pandemic “brain gain”. The inquiry, which kicked off in November, is...

Migration reset lowers barriers for high-skilled workers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Highly skilled migrants that have been waiting months for visas in areas like cybersecurity and science research will have an outcome within a week under the federal government’s ambitious...

Outsourced visa tech upgrade ‘was a disaster’

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The decades old ICT systems underpinning Australia’s migration system need “urgent modernisation” after years of “systemic underinvestment” and failed “big bang” upgrades, according to an independent review of the...

Technology transfer goals face ‘AUKUS visa’ hurdles

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australian industry has queried the workability of a proposed trilateral ‘AUKUS-visa’ for highly skilled professionals to smooth the technology transfer process in AUKUS-related research and manufacturing projects. Proposed in...

One third of occupations facing acute shortages are tech jobs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Almost a third of Australia’s most in-demand occupations facing shortages are ICT-related professions, according to an annual assessment of Australia’s labour market highlighting areas of acute gaps. The 2022...