There appear to be conflicting indicators as to the health of the Australian ICT jobs market. On one hand, a positive outlook for employment in the Australian IT industry is forecast for the last quarter of 2016 by one survey. On the other, demand for executives in the ICT sector plummeted in October for the third consecutive month.

The Victorian Government has awarded a $103.6 million contract to global software applications, digital solutions and outsourcing services for the public sector, Civica, to provide an integrated infringements enforcement and warrants management system for the state’s justice system.

Australia ranked the fourth highest selling country in Chinese online retailer Aibaba’s Global Shopping Festival last Friday, driven by an increased number of Australian businesses participating, as well as what Alibaba describes as “stand-out performances” by several local retailers and brands.

CSIRO is inviting tenders for the supply of a new supercomputer.

Peak telecommunications industry group the Communications Alliance s reviewing whether Australia’s number portability requirements need updating to reflect a changed environment for telecoms providers and users of mobile phone and fixed line phone services.

Australia’s senior citizens, many of them grandparents, are taking to Internet surfing with great gusto, according to new research which reveals that there is an explosion of smart device and increased access to fast broadband by our older Aussies.

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