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GUEST OPINION:  With increased regulation to mitigate the impacts of climate change amid a growing societal demand for companies to step up on sustainability practices, the Australian Accounting Standard Board (AASB) has laid out the reporting standards for companies to disclose information about all sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s cash flows.  As of 1 January 2025, the AASB mandates carbon emissions reporting for Australian companies.

For over 55 years, Healthcare Australia (HCA) has been a trusted pillar of the Australian healthcare industry. As one of the country’s largest providers of workforce solutions, HCA is dedicated to delivering exceptional services across the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), aged care, and Allied health sectors.

Academic technology solutions provider Turnitin has launched Turnitin Clarity, which it claims is “bringing transparency and integrity insights to education”.

For schools that have relied on productivity SaaS solutions for years, it’s a pivotal moment to reassess long-term needs and explore alternatives that offer greater stability, flexibility, and control. Cloud adoption is increasing, but SaaS costs are increasing at a faster rate. However Synology says there are future-proof, cost-efficient, options available.

GUEST REVEIW:  In November 2024, DDoS attackers launched a campaign targeting Australian websites. It’s not out of the ordinary for Australian sites to be on the receiving end of DDoS attacks. However, this event was unusual, amounting to a surge of over 60 DDoS attacks on 39 different websites during the month.

AI CERTs and Lumify Work Join Forces to Redefine AI Education in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines

V200 expands Motorola Solutions’ enterprise security offerings for customers in retail, healthcare, hospitality and education

GUEST OPINION:  "Data growth is driving network infrastructure modernisation in Australia, fuelled by AI-powered applications and IoT devices. With increasing demands from businesses and consumers, the network is more crucial than ever. By 2025, Australian networks are expected to be more scalable, agile, AI-ready, flexible, intelligent and secure, with Wi-Fi 7 leading the charge. 

COMPANY NEWS:   Australian-founded global education provider ensures continued success in evolving sector with future-proofed technologies from Macquarie Telecom

D2L Introduces the All-New Creator+ with H5P to Transform Learning Experiences

Swedish telecoms equipment vendor Ericsson has launched a talent development program that aims to develop early career talent in the telecom sector across Southeast Asia, Oceania - including Australia, and India.

CareerVillage built the world’s largest career advising community using New Relic, empowering millions of students and professionals to access career guidance

In today’s interconnected academic landscape, professional networks for students and faculties have become important tools for success. These networks offer a chance to build connections, access career-changing advisers, and find the right university or research advisor to support academic aspiration. Platforms like University Cube provide an ideal way to tap into these professional networks, offering assets that simplify the search for advisors, universities, and collaboration opportunities.

Humanforce, an Australian-borne global provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, has successfully partnered with Story House Early Learning to elevate their visibility and efficiency of its operations, when it comes to people and workforce management. Story House is a national early childhood education and care provider with a growing number of services across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.

GUEST OPINION:  Australia’s world-leading moves toward restricting or banning social media among young users is setting an important precedent for the rest of the world. This is a topic that has gone beyond debate.

Federation University Australia has partnered with McCain Foods to deliver Co-op placements to students.

GUEST RESEARCH:  An AI-Powered bot unlocks productivity gains and future-proofs one of Australia’s largest private tertiary education providers to help process enrolment applications within 24 hours of receiving them.

Macquarie University has become the first Australian university to successfully implement TechnologyOne’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Timetabling and Scheduling solution, significantly expanding its capabilities across timetabling, exam scheduling, resource booking, data capture and visibility.

A new simulation game is helping Indigenous rangers, landowners, children and more to learn about fire behaviour and how they can mitigate the increasing threat of infernos.

After an extensive national search process, Australian Schools Plus is delighted to announce the appointment of Sherrill Nixon as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.