Category: Workforce

Local Governments for Sustainability and partners have unveiled an initiative to catapult urban resilience action worldwide at the Rio+20 Global Town Hall.   The Global Initiative on Urban Resilience (GIUR)…

By Kevin Noonan   The announced public sector staffing cuts will also hurt IT, both in terms of reduced IT staff numbers and in reduced IT demand.   With the…

By Lilia Guan   The Victorian Government’s recent release of its budget gives IT projects a little bit of breathing space, however with a billion dollars worth of cuts on…

Specialist training will be provided in Western Australia in mining and construction following an upgrade of a South Guildford skills centre. The training will be open to almost 420 students…

Workforce solutions provider, ManpowerGroup has been awarded a contract, worth at least $400 million over five years, by the Recruiting Services to the Australian Defence Force (ADF).   The contract…

Speaking at the Sustaining Rural Communities Conference in Narrabri recently, Minister for Regional Australia, Simon Crean said embedding localism was key to turning challenges into competitive advantages. Mr Crean said…

By Lilia Guan   A dip in employment expectations in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) for the coming three months reflects employers’ more conservative approach to hiring as the public…

By Paul Hemsley Participating international cities will be able to contact each other regarding solutions through a global network on sustainable urban development led by the City of Melbourne. Cities…

By Lilia Guan   The City of Greater Geraldton in Western Australia has been selected to receive an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant for 2012 The grant provides the City…

By Lilia Guan   The New South Wales has announced it will legislate for a joint State-City of Sydney committee to take control of transport and traffic planning in Sydney’s…