September 2023
How social media is fuelling a $9b export boom
A new breed of digital cultural entrepreneurs have doubled their online content to six million in two years in an industry born in people’s living rooms.
- Nina Hendy
June 2023
Forget Lower Manhattan, Bangalore is the new hub for global banks
ANZ has more staff in the Indian city than at its Docklands headquarters. Its competitors are there in force, as are the world’s biggest players in finance.
- James Eyers
April 2023
How this CEO is filling his company’s skills gap
Fujitsu has turned to more women, Indigenous communities and soldiers facing mental health issues to address the skills shortage.
- Patrick Durkin
March 2022
Australian employers turn their back on tech-savvy workers
Despite the rapid growth of the digital economy, the National Skills Commission says the demand for digital skills has been falling in Australia since 2018.
- Michael Read
- Exclusive
- Coronavirus pandemic
Working from home is here to stay, says Australia’s top statistician
Australian Bureau of Statistics chief David Gruen says remote working will persist after the pandemic, despite efforts by bosses to get workers into the office.
- Michael Read
May 2021
Childcare subsidies make up half of new spending for women
The government will spend $3.4 billion to promote women’s health, safety and economic security, with half of this to be absorbed by well-flagged childcare subsidies.
- Sally Patten
Internet of things could lift GDP by $230b in a decade
A better-connected economy will make a huge difference to productivity in the future, say experts observing the effects of digitisation.
- Jonathan Porter
February 2021
- Exclusive
- Future of Work
Australia needs 6.5m digital workers in the next four years
The number of newly skilled and reskilled technology workers will need to increase 79 per cent by 2025 and workers will need seven new digital skills.
- Natasha Boddy
September 2020
- Analysis
- Growth Nation
Pandemic could triple the value of AI
AI sector is forecast to be worth $315 billion to the Australian economy by 2028 but the value underlying this figure could triple.
- Krishan Sharma
February 2020
Chalmers wants NZ-style 'wellbeing' budget for Australia
Shadow treasurer believes GDP is too narrow a way to understanding just how well an economy and its people are doing.
- Matthew Cranston
October 2019
Southeast Asia's Internet economy to hit $US100b
Asia's online industry has more than tripled in the past four years as young people use their phones for everything from banking and playing games to retail.
- Aradhana Aravindan
September 2019
Getting the digital balance right
Australian schools need to discover the appropriate use of technology in the classroom while retaining the best aspects of traditional human-centered education.
- Neil Selwyn
May 2019
- Exclusive
- Enterprise IT
Digital transformation push to create 35,000 jobs in 2019
A comprehensive study of Australian business digital initiatives shows a rise in demand for workers, but a worrying lack of tech savvy among some top executives.
- Paul Smith
December 2018
Australian industries missing out on benefits of digital technologies
Industries from agriculture to healthcare could boost their efficiency and productivity by adopting more digital technologies, a report by the Office of the Chief Economist says.
- Natasha Gillezeau
July 2018
Learning to stretch the new standard
The way we learn is changing dramatically. In the past we would rely on formal schooling before we then entered a technical college or university for more learning. Once we entered the workforce it was up to the employer to provide further education.
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- Mark Eggleton
Expanded opportunities in the new workplace
The future workplace would be one filled with a whole raft of new career opportunities, according to a recent roundtable on Digital Economy Skills.
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- Mark Eggleton
First mover advantage key for small business
Shape your future or be shaped was a key message to come out of the Digital Economy Skills round table co-hosted by The Australian Financial Review and DeakinCo.
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- James Sherbon
Transferable abilities across industries and professions
A view of where we are headed is an enlightened lifetime of portfolio careers where our skills are transferable across a range of disciplines and professions.
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- James Sherbon
March 2018
Nothing soft about the key skills
The term soft skills downplays their importance because they are the skills you need to get the jobs or the promotions.
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- Mark Eggleton
Technology to augment, rather than replace
What seems to be different this time is that many businesses realise the digital economy is more about reskilling the workforce.
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- Mark Eggleton