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[Link] Australia’s free-to-air channels demand guaranteed prime position on smart TVs

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Australia’s commercial free-to-air TV channels have called on the federal government to introduce legislation guaranteeing them prominence on smart TV home screens, claiming they are becoming “increasingly hard to find” among global streaming rivals such as Netflix.

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[Link] The Sincerest Form Of Flattery: Cloning Open-Source Hardware

Read: 31/10/2021 hackaday.com

We’re great proponents (and beneficiaries) of open-source hardware here at Hackaday. It’s impossible to overstate the impact that the free sharing of ideas has had on the hacker hardware scene.

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[Link] Techies demand top dollar as skills shortages bite

Read: 27/10/2021 www.afr.com

Australian tech companies are turning down new business because soaring pay rates being charged by workers with in-demand skills are making projects unprofitable, instead turning to training and other non-financial strategies to try to lure and retain staff.

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[Link] Students, holiday visas putting pressure on wages: RBA

Read: 17/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

The Reserve Bank’s own economics research department identified students, holiday makers and the partners of people brought into the country on skilled migrant visas as reasons for Australia’s sluggish wages growth ahead of the coronavirus pandemic.

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[Link] ‘Prices going up’: competition watchdog tells governments to limit asset sales as public loses trust

Read: 30/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

Competition watchdog Rod Sims has called for curbs on state and federal government privatisations, saying the public has lost trust after seeing prices rise following asset sell-offs.

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