The Australian Labor Party has announced it will provide free broadband for a year to 30,000 homes which have no Internet connections, as part of its broadband policy for the upcoming election.



Consulting firm Slalom has grown its workforce to 200 employees in less than two years after launching in Australia in January 2020.

Information technology consulting company Cognizant is opening a new global delivery centre in Adelaide, Australia, and will hire and train 1,600 newly created roles for digital engineers, graduates, and apprentices by 2026.

Payments platform operator mx51 has appointed Varghese Mathew to the role of chief customer officer.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Victor Lee is the CEO and co-founder of Communiteer, the crowdsourcing platform that connects, engages and mobilises volunteers to tackle the world’s greatest challenges through virtual volunteering.

COMPANY NEWS: Tecala, an award-winning technology services and IT consulting provider, has announced the appointment of Marcus Chow as head of account management.

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Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire