ACS: Get more women in ICT, or miss out on $11B over the next 20 years
Boosting women in tech jobs up to 48 per cent by 2053 would require 382,000 FTE positions.
Ian Oppermann (ACS) Credit: ACS
Ramping up efforts to get more women into technology-facing jobs is forecast to be extremely beneficial for the Australian economy, as not moving on the opportunity will see the nation miss out on $11 billion over the next two decades.
This is according to the Australian Computer Society’s (ACS)
Digital Pulse 2021 report, which claimed that while women hold about 47 per cent of all job positions in the country, the number of those in technology jobs is a smaller margin, with 29 per cent of technology-related positions held by women.
Fewer immigrants means there are skills shortages and a smaller pool of potential new home buyers.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has signalled that re-opening the country to migrants, tourists and international students was a distant prospect despite a very small number of Covid cases. International borders will only open when it is safe to do so, he said on Sunday. We still have a long way to go, and there are still many uncertainties ahead.
Until the middle of last year, including the start of the pandemic, Australia s net immigration rate stood at 194,400, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed.
Q1 real retail sales fall 0.5% vs -0.4% consensus NAB business conditions jump 8 points to +32 Both business conditions, confidence at record highs Still, data shows little signs of inflation in the economy
SYDNEY, May 10 (Reuters) - Australian retailers boasted yet
another month of solid sales in March while a measure of
business conditions surged to all-time highs in April in a sign
the economy was coping well with the end of a government support
programme for jobs.
Australian retail turnover climbed 1.3% in March from a 1.4%
rise in February, largely led by sales at cafes and restaurants
hitting a record high, data from the Australian Bureau of
Australia Retail Sales Climb 1.3% On Month In March The total value of retail sales in Australia was up a seasonally adjusted 1.3 percent on month in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Monday – coming in at A$30.699 billion.
That follows the 0.8 percent contraction in February.
On a yearly basis, retail sales climbed 2.2 percent.
Individually, food retailing was down 0.9 percent on month, while household goods fell 0.1 percent, clothing climbed 5.4 percent, department stores were up 8.5 percent, cafes and takeout food gained 4.8 percent and other retailing rose .4 percent.
In the first quarter of 2021, retail sales fell 0.5 percent and gained 4.7 percent on year at A$86.393 billion.
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Retail sales volumes fell 0.5% in March quarter 2021: Australia
Retail sales volumes fell 0.5 per cent in the March quarter 2021, seasonally adjusted, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Retail Trade figures. This follows the 2.4 per cent rise in the December quarter 2020.
Ben James, Director of Quarterly Economy Wide Surveys, said “The quarterly volume fall was driven by households spending patterns gradually returning to those seen before COVID-19. Food retailing (-2.7 per cent) led the falls while household goods also fell (-1.6 per cent). The falls were partially offset by a rise in cafes, restaurants and takeaways (5.8 per cent), as eating out increased, while functions and events continued to return.”