Hi John, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Facebook this afternoon that the government would abolish the 457 visa category which companies have been using for the last 21 years to bring in foreign workers to cover for the lack of local specialists. Critics say that this will lead to work going offshore.
While Telstra has turned all of its old phone boxes into Wi-Fi stations, New Zealand telco Spark is installing electric vehicle chargers in phone boxes around the city of Wellington as part of the extension of its “Spark Plugs” initiative. iTWire reviewer Ray Shaw has had a Samsung Galaxy S8+ for the past five days under embargo until 19 April. His initial impressions are that it is still the king of the Android world, offering almost every conceivable top-draw feature. OPPO has stretched its mid-market, class-leading 5.5” R9s to a 6” Plus size and added optical image stabilisation, a 4000mAh battery, Gorilla Glass 5, the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 processor, 6GB RAM and 64GB storage. A satellite designed and built by the University of Adelaide has been launched at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to measure climate change data and communicate it back to Earth. And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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