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‘Money still talks’: Aussies would switch jobs for 20% pay rise

2 days ago | ia.acs.org.au | Denham Sadler

More than half of Australian workers would switch jobs in exchange for a pay increase of about 20 per cent, a new study has found. Based on a survey of 1,000 full-time office workers, including in tech, the report by specialist recruiter Robert Half found that most Australian employees believe they aren’t being paid enough and would leave their job for a higher wage they feel they deserve. “It’s clear that money still talks,” Robert Half director Nicole Gorton said.
Tim Ayres named new Industry Minister

3 days ago | ia.acs.org.au | Denham Sadler

Senator Tim Ayres has been named as Australia’s new Industry Minister, with innovation also added to his portfolio as part of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Cabinet reshuffle following the Labor party’s rousing election victory. Albanese on Monday afternoon appointed Ayres as the new Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, taking the place of Ed Husic, who was ousted last week due to factional power plays.
Husic loses industry portfolio in Albanese’s Cabinet

6 days ago | ia.acs.org.au | Denham Sadler

Long-time tech advocate Ed Husic has been dropped from his role as Industry Minister, with factional plays reshaping Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s new Cabinet following the party's thumping election win. Labor’s full caucus met in Canberra on Friday for the first time following last weekend’s huge election win and endorsed the new-look 30 frontbencher team.
‘Crossroads’: Hopes AI can ‘reignite human development’

1 week ago | ia.acs.org.au | Denham Sadler

Artificial intelligence has the potential to “reignite” stalling human development around the world, with global optimism around its potential to create employment and opportunities overriding fears of job losses, according to a new UN report. The UN Development Programme’s 2025 Human Development Report found that in the last year there was the smallest increase in global human development since 1990, excluding the COVID-19 pandemic years.
Crypto entrepreneurs targeted by kidnappers

1 week ago | ia.acs.org.au | Denham Sadler

There have been a series of kidnappings in western Europe targeting cryptocurrency tycoons with huge ransom demands and sometimes gruesome results. At least four kidnappings of wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and their families have occurred in the last six months across France, Spain and Belgium, with attempts made to extort these individuals for tens of millions of dollars.
Last-minute telecoms policy couldn't save Coalition

1 week ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

The Coalition’s telecommunications policy – quietly delivered as a press release two days before the election – was probably a non-issue in its election drubbing, but its revival of a 2013 corker by former PM Tony Abbott shows how far the party’s tech policy hasn’t evolved.
Companies ignore quantum decryption threat

1 week ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

With quantum computers likely to be cracking today’s data encryption within a few years, experts have urged all businesses to protect their ICT equipment with new post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, but many ANZ security executives, it seems, are still blasé about the risks.
Microsoft, AWS halt data centre expansions

1 week ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

Explosive demand for cloud computing sees hundreds of billions of dollars poured into new data centres annually, but generative AI (genAI) is now consuming so much capacity that a recent investment pause has experts warning businesses to plan for cloud capacity shortages.
Staff credentials stolen from Big Four banks

2 weeks ago | ia.acs.org.au | Leonard Bernardone

Security experts have found almost 100 compromised login credentials for staff at Australia’s Big Four banks. Cyber intelligence firm Hudson Rock identified the stolen credentials through multiple data giveaways and illicit data sales tracked across the dark web and messaging platform Telegram. The credentials reportedly belonged to contractors or current and former staff, and used corporate email addresses with domain names such as “anz.com.au” or “cba.com.au”.
Forget PINs, your next credit card will scan your face

2 weeks ago | ia.acs.org.au | David Braue

Get ready to smile: as credit card issuers tap AI, cryptocurrency, and new security technologies to reshape the online shopping experience, your next credit card will verify your identity not with one-time passwords (OTPs), but by using ‘passkeys’ based on your face or fingerprint.