Industry News
Australian IT wages growing unsustainably
The ongoing IT skills shortage is driving up wages for IT professionals to unsustainable levels, with analytics and security pros in particularly high demand. [ + ]
City of Sydney funds Smart Cities Week
A new Sydney conference aims to bring together more than 350 innovators from around the world. [ + ]
Most common cyber hacking tools revealed
The most common categories of hacking tools have been revealed by a new cybersecurity report. [ + ]
Tritium wins Qld's Exporter of the Year Award
The 2018 Premier of Queensland's Exporter of the Year Award has been won by an electric vehicle charging company. [ + ]
Cambium Networks wins top award
Cambium Networks has been recognised with the Manufacturer of the Year award. [ + ]
Lycamobile fined for breach of TCP Code
A code breach has led to Lycamobile paying a $12,600 penalty, after it failed to follow an ACMA direction. [ + ]
Australia ranks 9th for Alipay during Golden Week
Local Alipay transaction volumes surged 105% during the Golden Week Chinese holiday as Australian merchants capitalised on the influx of Chinese tourists. [ + ]
Chorus subcontractors exploiting migrant workers
An audit of 75 subcontractors to the company deploying the NZ Government-led Ultrafast Broadband network found that 73 are breaching employment standards. [ + ]
International E-Waste Day promotes responsible recycling
The first International E-Waste Day will be held on 13 October to raise awareness about the responsible recycling of electronic waste. [ + ]
New reforms force companies to declare kickbacks
New reforms will compel businesses to declare kickbacks they receive for product and service recommendations. [ + ]
Report reveals Australian internet download habits
Data on the internet habits of Australians in 2018 has just been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). [ + ]
New Bill may increase cyber threat: Digital Rights Watch
Digital Rights Watch warns that the proposed Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 could increase security risk. [ + ]
Telstra breached priority assistance obligations
Telstra is auditing its compliance with the Priority Assistance scheme after two critically ill customers were unable to use their landlines before their deaths. [ + ]
Someone has a sense of humour!
Visitors to a certain NSW Government ServiceNow web page are greeted by a “404 not found” page with a difference. [ + ]
NSW to create 40,000 ICT jobs in 5 years
More than 40,000 ICT jobs will be created in NSW over the next five years, according to a new ACS report. [ + ]
