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Workforce management technology company Safeguard Global expands its operations with a new team in Australia to support companies in scaling their international workforce.

ICT vendor Fujitsu has appointed Katherine (Kathy) Cakarnis to the role of vice president for ANZ customer industry engagement, and Nicole Forrester to the newly created role of head of ANZ office of purpose.

Swinburne University of Technology has become the first university in Australia to achieve Adobe Creative Campus status as part of a global university initiative to ensure students have the digital literacy skills they require.

A coalition of telecommunications industry groups has warned that proposed new federal government legislation intended to help protect Australian communications networks and businesses from cyber attack and sabotage might actually make them more exposed to the threats.

Laws that have been proposed by the Australian Government to guard communications networks and businesses from cyber attack and sabotage may have the opposite effect from that intended, a coalition of industry groups has warned.

A coalition of industry groups still wants the Federal Government to make further changes to the proposed Telecommunications Sector Security Reform (TSSR) initiative in the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill.

A combined submission by all major industry groups argues strongly against the Government’s plans to intervene in telcos' commercial decisions for security purposes.

The Australian Industry Group is calling on the Federal Government to prioritise the rollout of the revised NBN to businesses and industrial estates in outer suburban and regional areas.

Forty five percent CEOs of a wide range of businesses have responded to a survey by saying they lack the skills and capabilities to take advantage of the NBN. Three years ago the figure was only 20 percent.

The powerful lobby Australian Industry Group has thrown its weight behind the National Broadband Network, calling the project an "unprecedented opportunity" for business innovation and placed a premium value on the ubiquitous nature of the fibre roll-out.