A Queensland government reshuffle has spawned a new IT policy portfolio reporting directly to Premier Peter Beattie after a turbulent six months which has seen the state's leader at loggerheads with the local software industry over comments its wares came second to those of SAP.
A steady rise in the number of temporary work visas for skilled IT professionals has drawn warnings of rorts that could destabilize labour and wage levels.
Australian IT managers are still in the dark this week over whether supply chain shortages dogging some Hewlett-Packard ProLiant servers will spread to antipodean shores following the revelation of delivery delays of up to seven weeks in the US.