Telstra looks offshore for bigger tech talent pool
Telstra plans to later this year launch an ‘Innovation and Capability Centre’ in Bangalore, which the telco’s CEO, Andy Penn, today described as India’s ‘Silicon Valley’.
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Govt to pilot 457 fix for tech talent
The government to pilot visa scheme to make it easier for big business and tech start-ups to hire overseas talent for highly skilled roles.
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457 visas abolished: The good news and the bad news for CIOs
There are important and significant changes afoot. For CIOs and other tech leaders there’s good news and bad news.
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Goverment replaces 457 visa with two new visas
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the government will abolish 457 visas.
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ATO and Department of Immigration under fire for IT supplier contracts
Federal Government agencies have come under scrutiny from the national auditor for failing to properly manage contracts with IT suppliers.
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457 crackdown dangerous for tech industry: Atlassian
Moves to tighten Australia's temporary skilled migration program puts the local tech industry in a “very dangerous situation”, says Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes.
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No Deal on H-1B Visas for STEM Workers Without Immigration Bill
Leading Senate Democrat urges the Internet Association to focus its advocacy on the controversial issue of lower-skilled workers, declaring that the only path to greater numbers of foreign-born science, technology, engineering and math workers will come through a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
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Contrarian says U.S. needs more H-1B workers
The U.S. federal government is moving in the wrong direction on H-1B visas, states Alex Nowrasteh, an immigration analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a non-profit, libertarian public policy think tank that describes itself as "advancing the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty."